Proverbs (Shanghai proverbs)

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: proverb (Shanghai proverb)

Applicant: Minhang District, Shanghai

Project No.: 1069

Project No.: I-125

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: Folk Literature

Region: Shanghai

Type: new item

Applicant: Minhang District, Shanghai

Protection unit: culture and sports development center, Pujiang Town, Minhang District, Shanghai

Introduction to Proverbs (Shanghai proverbs)

Applicant: Minhang District, Shanghai

Shanghai proverb is one of the most famous dialect proverbs in China. Its central epidemic area is Chen Xing in Shanghai, so it is also called "Chen Xing proverb". Since modern times, the first collection of local proverbs Yue Yan was published in 1918, and Hu Yan was published in Shanghai in 1921. As a famous collection of folk proverbs in modern China, it has attracted much attention from the academic circles. The content covers current affairs, cultivation, reason, social communication, life, countryside, production, nature and other categories, and is full of "rich wisdom and universal experience" of local people in past dynasties. Hu Zude, the editor of the book, is Chen Xing from Pudong, Shanghai. More than 2000 proverbs in the book are mainly collected in Chen Xing area. Chenhang area is a typical suburban rural area in Shanghai, which is the epitome of the evolution of traditional market towns and village houses. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, it gradually gathered into a city. Since the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty, it has been called chenjiaxing, Chenxing Township, Chenxing Town, etc., and it has been returned to Pujiang town of Minhang District since October 2000. This is the hometown of Qin Yubo, the "City God of Shanghai county", known as the "hometown of wearing boots and wearing tops". It has a relatively closed cultural space, where the local people "can't go over Suzhou and Hangzhou, but the scholars are always in their hometown" for a long time. The local people have an optimistic attitude towards life and interesting words. There are many good singers in every village. Chen Xing's proverbs come from people's life. With simple and interesting words, they condense local customs, comment on the good, evil, beauty and ugliness of the world, reflect their happiness, anger, sadness and happiness, and regulate the interpersonal relationship around them. They are not only full of the unique charm of oral literature, but also highlight the wisdom and virtue of the local people. There are several generations of local "wengsu Xianweng" who have made full and accurate records, making their inheritance more orderly and in-depth.

Most of the proverbs in Huyan in 1920s are still widely used in Chenxing. It involves astronomy and meteorology, production and life, social events, men and women, old and young, life experience, exhortation and prayer, ridicule and abuse, children and children education, etc. With the development and progress of society, new slang and proverbs are constantly emerging. In June 2007, Chen Xingyao was listed as the first batch of intangible cultural heritage in Shanghai.

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