The Investigation And Research Of The Story Of Meng Jiangnv In Shang Wangzhuang Village

In the field of folklore, the research of the Story of Meng Jiangnv, represented by Mr. Gu Jiegang's research on this story, has been one model of Chinese Story research. Among the great number of the story of Meng Jiangnv, which based on similar theme all around the country, the text in Shang Wangzhuang Village, in Laiwu, Shandong province, hasn't been entered scholars'study horizon. At present, this village is applying for provincial Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage named by "Meng Jiangnv Story". The monument of "Meng Jiangnv Ji Ming" discovered in the Village added some weight on the application, and aroused the writer's interest of study as well.The purpose of this research is to analysis the relationship between folk literature and folk culture in certain areas, to explore more reasons of folk literature's change in the modern society, and to provide thought and direction for prevention and development of Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage (mainly refers to folk resources such as the object of this paper).This paper mainly includes six components: Introduction, the body of four chapters, Conclusion and Consideration. The main idea of the Introduction is to explain the origin of this paper, the present situation of international research on the story of Meng Jiangnv, the value of this paper, and the innovation point in this paper. Chapter I described the Village condition, includes natural environment, history, folklore, etc. and introduced the inheritance background of the story. Chapter II sorted out the folk oral-text and the official written-text of the story in Shang Wangzhuang Village, and also list the monument introduction in front of the Meng Jiangnv temple and an opera named "10 times cry to the Great Wall" in Mengquan eco-tourism area, then do some primary analysis. Chapter III pointed out the differences between these two kids of text, as well as the reason of these differences, then reached a conclusion. This chapter is the very part which contains the innovations of this paper. Chapter IV described the situation and problems in the application for Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage in Shang Wangzhuang Village, and distinguishes the value of text-comparing. The last part, Conclusion and Consideration, some thoughts coursed by Chapter IV, was based on the actual conditions of field-work. It explored some solution ways from the perspective of the protection and development of folklore resources(Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage), and try to find the relative balance between protection and development.