The main contents of Gengcun folk stories

Gengcun folk culture is a unique cultural phenomenon in Gaocheng, which has attracted many experts and scholars at home and abroad to visit. During the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, there was a saying that there were "Beijing and Tianjin in the north and Geng village in the south" and "one Beijing, two health facilities and three Geng villages". Businessmen from the south to the north told the people of Geng village what they had seen and heard, and the people of Geng village also told them their own stories and jokes, and over time, rich oral literature was formed among the villagers of Geng.

As a kind of Han folk culture, the story of Gengcun is all-encompassing, ranging from epoch-making myths and legends, figures and historical legends of various dynasties, to new students and figures in the Republic of China, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the war of liberation and after liberation. The story of Gengcun has formed a long historical chain, covering more than 20 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, 170 counties and municipalities. Together, it is a relatively complete China unofficial history. The so-called "Gengcun story is the best in the world, and word-of-mouth history is the first in China".

The representative works of Gengcun's story include The Casserole Story, Three Generations are More Beautiful, Broken Lanqiao, v. Second Widow Sun, A Guide to Top Painters, The Origin of Brides Entering the Bridal Room, The Origin of the Palace Surface in Gaocheng, Travel Notes of Tai 'an Shenzhou, Lice v., Morning Rise and Sunset.