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Folk literature on the South Silk Road

Qinghai University via XuetangX

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The course shows the cultural connotation and national feelings of the Silk Road as a whole for learners at different levels, and shows the Silk Road spirit of "unity and mutual trust, equality and mutual benefit, tolerance and mutual learning, and win-win cooperation" through representative cultural symbols from disputes and resistance to integration and friendship in historical periods. The curriculum transforms the scientific research achievements of generations of scholars who have devoted themselves to this area into teaching content, and provides learners with multi-ethnic people who came from east and west because of the Silk Road from many angles. Many cultures of the four civilization centers of the Old World have been preserved in oral literature and folk customs of various ethnic groups on the southern route of the Silk Road. The generation, spread and inheritance of the mythological symbols of ancient China in the diverse geographical environment of the southern line of the Silk Road, the curriculum always runs through this main thread of mutual growth between large tradition and small tradition culture. The curriculum is not only the study of the relationship between region and culture, but also the study of the emotional relationship between multi-ethnic groups. The curriculum can not only make people have a systematic understanding of the traditional culture of the southern route of the Silk Road, but also provide some exploration space, ideas and methods for multi-ethnic cultural workers.



Syllabus

  • Chapter 1 The Silk Road and the Southern Route of the Silk Road
    • Chapter 2 Basic Knowledge of Folk Literature on the Southern Route of the Silk Road
      • Chapter 3 Multi-ethnic Myth on the Southern Line of the Silk Road
        • Chapter 4 The Evolution of Mythical Symbols on the Southern Line of the Silk Road
          • Chapter 5 Folklore on the Southern Line of the Silk Road
            • Chapter 6 Folk Tales on the Southern Line of the Silk Road
              • Chapter 7 Folk Song "Flower" on the South Line of the Silk Road
                • Chapter 8 Folk Proverbs on the Southern Line of the Silk Road
                  • Final Exam

                    Taught by

                    Yujin Liang

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