The Shape and Development of Folk Literature of the Tujia Nationality

The course of development and evolution of Tujia folk literature can be divided into periodsbud development,maturity and prosperity.The works of bud development pointed clearly to the utilitarian purpose of existence and multiplication,the works of maturity embodied distinctly the struggling theme which poured out people′s sufferings and resisted calss oppressions and the works of prosperity completely showed the major changes in each social domain of the Tujia nationality regions after abolishing system of appionting national minority hereditary headmen and establishing system of appionting officials by local authotities.Generally speaking,the course of development and evolution of folk literature revealed truely and artistically the unique evolutional process of social life pattern in the Tujia nationality regions and mutual permeation and influences between Han culture and Tujia culture.