The Research Of "Tao Hua Nv" Story

In the 1920s, Folklore study of modern scholars gradually attracted attention. In the 20s folk publication-"folksongs weekly" of Peking University, Gu jiegang’article- "The transformation of "Meng jiangnv" story has made detailed introduce from the historical evolution and region flow wave of the two systems, which not only provided good reference method to folklore research literature traditional story,but also promoted the research process of the popular traditional story. Since then some scholars draw lessons from the method of research to study literature traditional story in many sides, such as "Zhu yingtai" story、"the Cowherd and the Weaving Maid" story、"Madame White Snake" story. The research object of my article is "Tao Hua Nv "story,which widely spread since the Yuan dynasty. I hope to draw lessons from previous scholars on the basis of the research methods to made detailed introduce from the historical evolution and region flow wave of "Tao Hua Nv "story. Try to research the story from the perspective of historical evolution. On the basis of these, try to further explore folk beliefs and folk women problems which the story reflects; Try to research the influence of different fork art form-Drama、Novel、Guci、Baojuan etc of the story. And the spread art law in the process of change and development.This paper is divided into six parts:introduction; the fist chapter, The spread of "Tao Hua Nv" Story; the second chapter, The beliefs of "Tao Hua Nv" Story; the third chapter, "Tao Hua Nv" story and folk women problems; the fourth chapter, The influence of different forms of folk literature to "Tao Hua Nv" story; the conclusion.In the introduction, to introduce the current research on the story、the purpose and significance of the research, the main contents and methods of the research.The first part, to sort out different folk literature forms from Yuan dynasty to modern, and to sort out the story spread from south to north from the regional system. On the base of this, we can draw a conclusion that "Tao Hua Nv" story not only has a longly spreading time,but also has a widely spreading areas.The second part, From "Tao Hua Nv" story’ colorful folk beliefs, we make two reasons of the story producing:ancient witchcraft、Taoism. Then analysising folk beliefs which the story reflects. And explore the impact on the future generations.The third part, the story reflects the folk female problems. In the story, Tao hua nv always overcomes Zhou gong. In the patriarchal society, Tao huanv is an attractive woman. In the chapter, on the base of researching the unique folk women, we think that Tao huanv is an Taoism folk woman.To compare the folk female problems in the influence of Confucianism、Buddhism、Taoism three. We have a result that women who is under the influence of Taoism will have gorgeous and unabashed individualityThe fourth part, the story has different folk literature forms, such as Novels、Guci、 Baojuan、Local opera and so on. Through comparing different characteristics of the same story and mutual fusion among different folk literature forms to research the changing in different folk literature forms. Making a conclusion that forms have limits to the story; "Tao Hua Nv" story has many themes; Different regional cultural beliefs and custom is an important reason to different stories and so on.In the conclusion, through the analysis on content of different folk literature forms, making a conclusion that the story is a typical case of including all kinds of folk beliefs; The behavior of Tao Hua Nv reflects the folk female’ social fate; At the same time, Through comparing different characteristics of the same story, summarizing the rule of development and changes.