Chapter 87 Preface to Selected Fairy Tales of Ge Cuilin

Comrade Cuilin asked me to write a preface for her fairy tale collection, and I readily agreed. As the author said in the postscript of "The Little Puppet Turning Somersault", "In the 1950s, fairy tales had a peak season of blooming everywhere. Not only were the contents rich and colorful, but they also had their own characteristics in terms of language style and expression techniques." Comrade Cui Lin also That's when I started writing fairy tales. I met Comrade Cui Lin in 1952. She was working at the Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles and was Lao She's secretary.One day, Lao She brought her to see me and talked about how she had studied at Yenching University in 1948, so we became a "classmate".

Since then, we often study together at the Children's Literature Symposium of the Writers Association.Every time the meeting ended, she would send me home.It was already thirty years ago! I have never written fairy tales, because this is a form of literature that is especially read for children. The author must not only love and be familiar with children, but also be rich in fantasy and speak the language of children, so that the writing can be reasonable (that is, "reasonable") "Children's "feeling" and "combining" children's "reason") can be welcomed by children.

The fairy tales written by Comrade Cuilin have distinctive characters, vivid stories, beautiful language and her own delicate and lively style.Over the years, she has written hundreds of thousands of excellent fairy tales, among them, the story of a brave and selfless little girl, the second national juvenile and children's literature and art creation awards (1954-1979) It has won the first prize and has an English translation, which is very popular among young readers at home and abroad.In addition, there is "Golden Flower Road", which tells the story of a carpenter who studied hard and sprinkled a golden flower road for his successors. ).

She wrote seven children's plays collected in the collection "Little Rascal's Resolution": Some are adapted from foreign fairy tales, such as "Little Rascal's Determination" and "Wild Swan";All seven plays have good episodes and are great for children to act on. During the ten years of turmoil, Comrade Cui Lin also stopped writing because her fairy tale form was rejected by the "Gang of Four". "Gang of Four" After being shattered, the fairy tales gained a new life. Comrade Cui Lin wrote four fairy tales collected in "The Little Puppet Somersaulting", realizing her wish of "how fairy tales reflect reality" and "contain the spirit of the times".

Comrade Cuilin wrote scripts for the Chinese Puppet Troupe after 1957. She is familiar with the structure of puppets and the movements of performances, so when she wrote "Little Puppet Somersaulting", it was so real and vivid.As for "Flying Flower Girl", it uses more poetic language to commemorate our beloved Premier Zhou. I am glad that there are fairy tale authors like Comrade Cuilin among female writers!Her works always encourage children to move forward and upward.In "Snow Lady and Goddess", she said to the children cherishedly: "You are my future and hope, go to create happiness for people! Let all hardworking and brave people live happily."

Comrade Cuilin is still young, and under the excellent situation that fairy tales are reborn, I firmly believe that this tireless gardener will be able to "work hard together with many new and old fairy tale authors, devote their efforts to watering the beautiful flowers of fairy tales".December 29, 1981 ("Selected Fairy Tales of Ge Cuilin", first published in August 1983 by Hunan Children's Publishing House.)