The Study Of Cultural Resources And Its Significance In Fan Wen's Novels

Culture is the soul and foundation of a nation.There are a large number of resources including religion,folk custom and folk literature in Fan Wen's novels.To study these abundant cultural resources,it is necessary to use the theories and methods of cultural anthropology,folklore and folk literature.First of all,religion in Fan Wen's novels not only shows the mysterious national culture to the public,but also reflects the spiritual world of different nations.The cross is the symbol of Christian faith,suffering,and gospel.It is the bond that connects Christians.Believers sharpen their willpowers in difficulties and get hope of life from redemptions.The thought of causal reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism is made of the origin,the karma and the cycle of life and death.It affects the Tibetan people's ideology,behavior and persuades people to perform well.The witchcraft of Dongba and its rituals express the Naxi people's condolence to undead and show their yearning for a better life.Bimo of the Yi nationality records the primitive religion of the Yi nationality by the Yi people's scripts and classics,inherits the ancestral worship thought of the Yi nationality,and revives the national dignity with the Yi people's medicine.Secondly,folk make Fan Wen's novels full of strong ethnic customs,life atmosphere and outline the unique human landscape.Agricultural folklore,nomadic folklore,salt making industry folklore,handicraft folklore and commercial folklore in the writer's novels show people's living conditions and ways of thinking under different material production folklore.The marriage and funeral customs show a variety of marriage forms and funeral forms.It also shows people's view of marriage and life and death.Chinese fireplace culture and the worship of "Three Tibetan Treasures" amongst Tibetan reflect the common psychological qualities of the nation and represent people's expectations for a better life.Then,Fan Wen uses the folk literature to show the spiritual world and wisdom of each nation by the thinking mode:of the character in the works.Mythology reflects the thoughts of the ancestors.The myths of origin,totem myths,flood myths and human re-proliferation myths influence deeply on the thoughts and behaviors of people of all nationalities.At the same time,it deepens the national identity.The epic records the life history of a nation.The Princess of king Gesar is a symbol of beauty,strength and courage.The battle of Yantian represents the transition from war to harmony among nationalities.The beautiful and touching folktales of the Naxi people indicate the pursuit and desire of free love.The songs of life and the songs of love in folk songs tell people's living conditions and emotion with simple lyrics and sincere feelings.Finally,the cultural resources in Fan Wen's novels contain rich meanings.From the literary significance,the occurrence of literature is closely related to cultural resources.The author has used different cultural resources for each novel.Cultural resources promote the development of the plot and affect the writer's creative psychology.From the perspective of cultural significance.Fan Wen pursues the faithful life and reflects on industrial civilization.From the perspective of practical significance,the author is based on the folk,showing the true face of national life and the harmonious development trend of contemporary society.Although these cultural resources make novels attractive,religious resources cannot serve the characters well in the works of war theme.