Tangnuer Sidike

Tangnuer Sidike

June 01, 2025

Filial piety tale among ethnic groups in Xinjiang, Contrastive structural pattern, Overlapping structural pattern, Progressive structural pattern.

This paper analyzes the structural patterns and deepening themes of filial piety tale among various ethnic groups in Xinjiang, in which structural pattern are mainly of three kinds: contrastive, overlapping and progressive. Through the contrastive structure mode, compare the behavior of filial son and unfilial son and the consequences behind the beauty and ugliness, showing the perception of the public that "filial son get good reward, unfilial son will be punished". In the overlapping structural pattern, the narrative of the several trials and tribulations encountered by the filial son and his eventual victory expresses the idea that “the filial son will one day overcomes difficulties and achieves his goal”. In the progressive structural pattern, narrate tortuous experience of the filial son expresses the concept of “the filial son will be rewarded in the end”. By analyzing the structural pattern of filial piety tale in Xinjiang, people can see the cognition of filial piety among various ethnic groups in Xinjiang, and also the common characteristics of the filial piety culture of the Chinese people.

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