Chinese Folklore Tales as a Cultural Treasure of the Nation
https://doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2020-17-4-438-446
Abstract
The article examines Chinese folk art, which not only has pronounced national features, but also is a cultural treasure of the nation. Chinese folklore consists of myths, legends, fables, funny stories, fairy tales and tales about life, about animals, as well as works that describe famous historical figures, praise the love of the motherland. The texts clearly demonstrate the motives of admiration for the characters, give positive assessments of labor skills, analyze the characteristics of local traditions, customs and life. The folklore is an integral part of traditional Chinese culture. It educates, shapes the worldview, morals and ethics of the Chinese people. Folklore works become a kind of stage on which the life conflicts of non-heroic existence of an ordinary person with simple cultural interests (for example, communication, participation in rituals, hospitality, etc.) are played out.
The article presents translations of original stories from Chinese into Russian, on the example of which it analyzes the cultural values of Chinese folklore works from the point of view of philosophy. The research is carried out using contextual, linguoculturological methods, as well as methods of analysis and synthesis. The presented research has an interdisciplinary character, because it is performed at the intersection of cultural studies and linguoculturology, folklore studies and translation studies.
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Supporting agencies: This research was financially supported by the Chinese Scholarship Council of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China; Scholarship Number: 201908090022.
About the Author
Dandan Tun
Saint Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
7-9, Universitetskaya Embankment, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
ORCID 0000-0002-1266-706X; SPIN 7676-8366
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Tun D. Chinese Folklore Tales as a Cultural Treasure of the Nation. Observatory of Culture. 2020;17(4):438-446. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2020-17-4-438-446
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