Comparative Studies Of Chinese And Russian Folktales

Folklore is an important way of folk culture.As a historical neighbor,China and Russia are related to each other in the political,military,cultural and economic fields.The study of each other’s folklore can expand the cultural exchanges between China and Russia and increase their understanding of each other’s culture.At present,more and more people are learning Chinese in Russia.Russian learners have encountered many difficulties in learning the initial stage of Chinese language.Folklore is a good resource for Chinese language teaching.However,there are many differences in the Chinese and Russian folk tales.In order to understand Chinese folk stories better,it is best to explain the characteristics of Chinese folk stories by comparing Chinese and Russian folk stories,and to guide them to the motivation of learning.Chinese and Russian folklore is our research object,we make a comparative analysis between Chinese and Russian folktales by using the methods of literature induction,historical research and comparative study.On the basis of contrastive analysis,the cultural differences between Chinese and Russian folktales are discussed.This article mainly consists of the following parts.The first part mainly introduces the purpose,significance and research methods of this study,and finally introduces the domestic and foreign research summaries of the Chinese and Russian folk stories;the second part outlines the concept and characteristics of the folk stories,the categories,the status and role in culture;the third part focuses on the comparative studies of the Chinese and Russian folk stories,from the historical back.The view,family concept,digital symbol,traditional image and language characteristics are compared and analyzed in five aspects.The fourth part shows the differences of Chinese and Russian folk tales,including geographical features,religious relations and national character characteristics;the fifth part of folk story teaching is used in the teaching of Russian and Chinese.This chapter aims to provide Russian students with teaching advice on Chinese folktales.All these will help Russian Chinese learners to better understand the characteristics of Chinese traditional culture and stimulate their interest in learning.