Folk tales

Author: Pei Yongzhen Xunxin
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: China is an ancient civilization. The oral creations and generations of inheritance of folk tales by hardworking, kind, and wise laboring people are like stars in the sky—visible but countless. This is a relatively systematic collection of folk tales, selected from the vast works of more than ten ethnic groups. The book includes twenty-eight stories, all of which are healthy in content and strong in knowledge and interest. During the selection process, reference was made to multiple versions and related materials. Some are folk literature readers adapted from folk tales by fairy tale writers; some are manuscripts compiled from the oral accounts of narrators; and some are original, unorganized records. To make the selected stories more suitable for readers, the compilers made necessary modifications and refinements based on the original drafts, making the works more colloquial and accessible.