Absurd folk tales in rural areas

The absurd folk stories in rural areas are as follows:

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a man who was sleepy. He woke up one morning and called his family, but there was no response. He called many times but still got no response, so he got up. After looking around, I could find no one in the whole house. The pot was boiling water, half of the garden leaves were swept away, as if it had been there just now. I was suspicious, but not in a hurry, so I left the house and went to the street. There was no one on the street. There were many shops open and selling goods, but there was no living thing. People and animals disappeared, and they searched for him for a long time, but still no one was seen. It was as if everything in the town except him had evaporated.

Fearing the cold, I tried to escape with a bundle of rations, but I found a familiar person walking in the same place. I saw that he was stuck between the road barriers. I hurriedly went to ask, but the person's eyes were closed. , eyebrows furrowed, silent, quite strange. Pushing him to avoid the road barrier, he resumed his journey and followed him to the intersection of Zhenbei Road. He found a large ditch, but he did not remember that there was a ravine. The man who was walking forward suddenly accelerated and jumped into the ditch.

Before he had time to stop him, the man stepped forward and looked at him. He was so frightened that he immediately sat on the ground. All the people and animals in the town were in the ditch. Their blood was boiling and their flesh and blood were blurred. The man was so frightened that he urinated and rushed to the ditch. Fleeing to the north, after walking for an hour, suddenly the sky collapsed in the direction of the town, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and the town soon disappeared in the gray smoke. The man sat there for a long time and then left to go north.

Characteristics of folk stories

1. Close to life

Folk stories, this genre was produced later than myths and legends. It is a way for people to become the objective world. A literary style that emerged and has existed for a long time after the master. Although the contents of the stories contain fantasy elements to varying degrees, they are all focused on and based on real life. Their themes, characters, and main plots are all in line with the logic of life at the time the story was spread.

From myths and legends to transformation stories, animal stories, fables, life stories, and jokes, the fantasy of its content and artistic techniques gradually weakens, and the reality gradually increases. This is the main feature that distinguishes folktales from myths.

2. General reference

Generally refers to the time and place where the story takes place. The name of the protagonist of the story is often vague and uncertain. The narration of the story focuses on the explanation of key plots, rather than describing all aspects of the story in detail. The fun and appeal of the story mainly lie in the vividness of the plot. There are floating clouds (story). This is the main feature that distinguishes stories from legends. Legends always try their best to implement the plot into certain people, things, and things, even though the plot is fictional.