Lou Zikuang's Academic Contribution

Lou Zikuang has devoted himself to China folklore and folk literature for 60 years. He wrote a lot, worked hard and made great contributions. His contribution to the study of China folk culture can be summarized from three aspects: editing organization, data collection and theoretical research. At the end of 1997, Chen Yiyuan's book Folk Culture and Folk Literature was published (including the old work of Folk Weekly and an unpublished manuscript). Professor Guo Wei, a famous mainland scholar, was unable to meet Lou Lao personally because he came to Taiwan for a meeting, which deeply regretted. He asked Chen Yiyuan to visit on his behalf to supplement his "China Folklorist and Folk Artist Research Series". In addition, Professor Yi, who is studying Yangzhou Pinghua in Norway, wants to meet more experts in Taiwan Province Province, so he made an appointment with Mr. Fan Zengping to accompany Professor Yi to send a book to Shuangxi outside Shilin to pay a New Year call and do the recording work that Professor Wei needed.

As a result, when Lou Lao saw Ebrd's visit, the topic always revolved around the tortoise. He earnestly hoped that Professor Yi would introduce more western turtles and their folk beliefs. He only said that he would give a written reply when he was free. 1June 99813rd, Chen Yiyuan accompanied French professor Chen Qinghao to see Lou Lao. When the old saying was repeated, Chen Yiyuan realized that Lou Lao was eager to "establish a research method of Chinese folk literature and comprehensively collect and compare data from China, Asia and the whole world". He has been in England since the winter of 1996.

Lou Lao not only took notes from ancient tortoise custom documents and modern published materials, but also personally completed the story of the marriage between ancient tortoise and Fuxi Nuwa, worshiping tortoise as a god, Du Fu as king, tortoise as prime minister, turtles and other animals. There are turtle islands, turtle mountains and geomantic omen everywhere, and green hairs in Shaoguan, Guangdong. Lou Lao wrote a letter to Wang Zhisan of Chinese mainland, regardless of his old age and frailty, asking about the situation of sea turtles in mainland China. Wang Zhisan collected more than 20 legends about turtles and gave them to Lou Lao. Later, in the section "People, Activities and Others" of his book "Collection of Folk Documents in Taiwan Province Province", Chen Yiyuan introduced this article collected by Lou Lao in Jingning County with the title of "Recent Situation of Lou Zikang and Research on Turtle Custom". Chen Yiyuan said that Lou Lao's ongoing research on turtle customs is really attractive. For example, in the article "The Marriage of an Ancient Turtle and Fuxi Nuwa", he introduced a myth and legend recently collected in Jingning County, Gansu Province (about how a turtle skillfully helped Fuxi Nuwa get married), and expressed three historical folk opinions according to its story content: first, it proved that turtles are spiritual and have a long life; second, it called for strengthening the collection of folk information in northwest China; and third, it was exploration. It's interesting to say.