What is a joke?

A joke refers to an interesting or funny story or speech.

Joke is a popular form of entertainment, which can take many forms, such as language, words, pictures, movies and so on. Jokes usually have a certain structure, including setting, plot, turning point, suspense and ending, in order to achieve the effect of making people laugh. Good jokes can not only make people laugh, but also help to relieve stress, adjust mood and shorten interpersonal distance. At the same time, jokes are also a way of cultural inheritance, which contains rich cultural connotations such as life, history and folk customs.

In addition, because of different aesthetic and humorous preferences in different regions and cultural backgrounds, jokes are different all over the world. In China, many folk jokes also contain homophonic, folk stories, two-part allegorical sayings and other elements, and there are many classic representative works, such as Xietiaohe and Shigong 'an. Easy-going and instructive jokes make people laugh. Generally speaking, jokes are a happy culture that is popular all over the world and an important way to establish friendship.