A Comparative Study of Folklore from Chinese Culture and Western Cultures

Abstract

Folklore, a genre of children's literature, is always considered as one of the most mysterious and interesting genres. Folklore is defined as stories that originated orally and have no authors. Given these qualities, folklore is often considered as a mirror that reflects different groups of peoples cultures and moral values. This study based on existing research results, compared and examined a few classic folktales from Chinese culture and Western culture. The research findings show that there are both similarities and differences of folklores between two cultural systems.