Firming up folklore's foundations
China DailyThe book series Chinese Folklore Documents Overseas is donated to the National Library of China in Beijing on Jan 20. A book series containing rare documents related to Chinese folklore held in collections outside the country was finally introduced to the public after seven years of work by experts. "The processing of the materials can be divided into three main categories: the first involved the direct reprinting of folk artifacts and documents found outside China," Wang says. "These documents reflect the daily lives of people during specific historical periods and in specific regions of China, as well as the interests and academic ideas of Western collectors," Wang says, adding that this category serves as a vivid testimony to the cross-border dissemination of modern Chinese culture, and the collision and exchange of Chinese and Western cultures.
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