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What humorous and wise folk stories are worth reading?
There are many folk stories in China, among which the legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl and White Snake are typical ones worth seeing. Folk stories were created by ancient people in China. The contents of these stories are untrue, but most of them are made up by people. The spread form of folk stories is oral communication, but folk stories spread widely, for a long time and have a wide influence. The beauty of folk stories, especially reflected in the fact that the stories contain fantastic elements, but they are close to life, so folk stories are loved by people in China from ancient times to modern times.

First of all, the folk stories of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl show wit and wisdom. The story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl is inspired by the stars in the sky. The record of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl in China can be traced back to the Book of Songs as early as possible, but the Book of Songs only records these two stars and does not give them any story content. In the Han Dynasty, there was the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. Records in the Han Dynasty told them that they were lovers, and later Luoshen Fu clearly recorded that Cowherd and Weaver Girl were husband and wife. The story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl expresses people's praise for love and inspires people who are eager for good feelings.

Second, the folk story The Legend of the White Snake is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of ancient people. This folk story was very popular in Qing Dynasty. It tells the love story of a snake spirit who married a scholar Xu Xian after becoming an adult in the Song Dynasty. The story of White Snake contains many storylines, which are fascinating to tell, and then it is adapted into film and television works and operas to convey the theme of the story in different forms. The legend of the White Snake was created by the ancient people in China, and it is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the ancient people, showing people's rich imagination.

Folk stories originate from life, and people add fictional elements when creating folk stories, thus making folk stories more exciting and worth seeing by modern people. Many folk stories can continue to this day, which is inseparable from people's bold imagination when creating stories. Folk stories have entrusted the ancients with their pursuit of beauty. If modern people want to explore excellent traditional culture, they can extract the essence of ancient thoughts from folk stories.