Chapter 130 Preface to "Asian Folk Tales"

This "Asian Folktales" was initiated and collected by the UNESCO Asian Cultural Center, which contains folktales from all Asian countries.These stories are selected and written by writers from various countries from their own folklore, and the illustrations are also drawn by their own painters, so the words and pictures are very real and vivid.Through these stories, young readers can learn about the customs, customs, landscapes and characters of these neighboring countries; they can see their snow-capped mountains, raging rivers and seas; dense forests and birds and beasts on the wide plains; Get in touch with their down-to-earth people and kings and queens.This kind of story will arouse interest in the hearts of children all over the world. At the same time, we will find that some stories are somewhat similar to our folk tales. There is a mountain and a river separated, and there have been cultural exchanges for thousands of years.I hope that our Chinese children will also join hands with children from other Asian countries through modern cultural exchanges, and make our due efforts together for world peace and human progress.February 3, 1983 ① "Asian Folk Stories", published by Hunan Children's Publishing House in June 1986.