Classification of folk jokes

The content of folk jokes mostly reflects real life, focusing on exposure and irony. It can be roughly divided into three categories. One is a mockery of the exploiting class bad guys. For example, cows satirize corrupt officials for their insatiable greed. A county magistrate gave him a golden mouse for his birthday. He said happily, "Do you know that your wife's birthday is coming? She is a cow. " Other works, such as no pee, no credit after death, no money saving, five points saving, etc. , are satirical works of corrupt officials and stingy rich people.

Another folk joke is to satirize people's own shortcomings. For example, "Don't Break the Ground" satirizes the superstition of "imperial calendar". Someone saw that the "imperial calendar" said "can't go out today" and climbed the wall and went out. The wall was pressed down. Someone came to save him, and he said that the imperial calendar said, "You can't break ground today." Other works, such as Only One Mouth, One-sided Long Pole Entering the City and Contradiction, satirize lazy women, also belong to this kind of works.

The third kind of jokes are mainly humorous and humorous, and their ideological significance is not obvious. For example, according to a story told by Avanti, people asked Avanti, "I swallowed a live mouse. What should I do? " Avanti casually replied: "That's easy, swallow a live cat and catch it!" " This kind of joke shows people's wit and humor.