Why is the story of Folk Princess so attractive?

I prefer those princesses scattered among the people to those princesses who stay in the palace and are pampered. Different from the flowers in the greenhouse, they are more vital in nature-not only have fairy-like beauty, but also have the ability to endure hardships and the wisdom to do things.

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A princess comes from the folk.

When I was a child, I watched Princess Zhu Huan, and I especially liked Wei Zi. She is a combination of talent and beauty. She is noble and doesn't know it. Even though she later recognized Emperor Qianlong, she was as gentle and friendly as ever. In my mind, this is the first folk princess in a film and television work I know.

Xia Ziwei on Daming Lake

Later, the Xianxia drama "The Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man" spread all over the country, and I learned about Zhao Linger, the descendant of Princess Nuwa of Nanzhao. Because his mother was the victim of Yue Bai leader, Zhao Linger, who was a child of fashion, fled the palace and lived in seclusion with her grandmother in Fairy Island. When she grew up, Linger met Li Xiaoyao in Xianling Island and married him. On the way to Nanzhao with Li Xiaoyao, she experienced many setbacks and hardships, and later grew up to be a princess who cared about her people-in order to protect the people of Dali, she died with the water monster animals.

Princess Zhao Linger of Nanzhao

In fact, there are folk princesses not only in film and television dramas, but also in history. For example, Wang Zhaojun, originally a young maid-in-waiting in the Han Dynasty, has been unknown. Later, for the sake of national harmony, she volunteered to kiss the famous princess Khan in history. Another example is Princess Sisi, who was originally a branch of the royal family in Bavaria (now part of Germany). She grew up in a relaxed atmosphere and likes riding horses in the country. Later, she married the Austrian emperor Franz Josef and became a queen.

Zhaojun departure map

Qian Qian Princess Oil Painting

From this perspective, there are two kinds of folk princesses. One is that they are real princesses themselves, but they drift to the people for various reasons, such as Princess Changping of Emperor Chongzhen; One is an ordinary girl from the folk, who later married into the palace or was adopted by the emperor for various reasons, such as Wang Zhaojun, a pro-princess. Art comes from life. When the stories of folk princesses are artistically processed, there will be Princess Wei Zi, Princess Zhao Linger, Princess Sisi and so on, which are loved by the public.

The forgotten folk yincui gorge

The Romantic Princess tells the story of three princesses who have been forgotten in the folk.

The long-term peace between Danlan and Stora has been in crisis. King Danlan decided to establish an unbreakable alliance-political marriage, in order to consolidate the relationship between the two countries. At the suggestion of the DPRK minister, three royal cousins living in Little Alva were listed as the first choice for this political marriage. As the three girls have been living in Little Alva and know nothing about social etiquette, the king ordered Millie, who is studying in Queen's Castle, to be their teacher. When Millie came to Little Alva, she met three royal cousins who were in rags and living in distress, which was quite suspicious. Soon after, little Alva was occupied by Stora. ...

The girls were forced to go to Danlan with the task of getting married and met the long-lost king and queen. After some arguments, the three girls confirmed that they were princesses. After everyone confided in each other, they found that the treacherous court official in the DPRK had been sowing dissension. After finding the traitor, they had to face the fact that Stora was occupied. Finally, for the sake of national stability, the three princesses bravely chose to go to the enemy-occupied areas to ask for marriage.

Finally, what fate will the three princesses face? You can look for the answer in the book. But in this process, I saw the most precious quality of the three princesses-being willing to stand up and die for the country when the country is in danger. Since ancient times, kings generally choose to adopt adopted daughters and let them marry real princesses. Moreover, most princesses who have been spoiled in the palace since childhood are unwilling to marry other countries or the Great Wall. Perhaps, it is precisely because of living in the backcountry since childhood that these three real princesses have developed a skill of surviving in hardship and have the courage that ordinary girls have never had.

The author of Twilight was fascinated by her story.

Shannon Haier

The author of The Princess Romance is Shannon Haier, a famous American children's literature writer. Her first work, The Legend of the Princess, won the Top Ten Teenagers' Books of the American Library Association and the Josette Frank Prize for Literature.

In 2005, Shannon Haier published Who Will Be the Princess, and its sister works The Stone Palace and The Romance of the Princess were also published on 20 12 and 20 16 respectively. These three books are collectively called "Princess Trilogy".

Shannon Haier has many books, the most famous of which is stephenie meyer, the author of Twilight series. In Twilight, apart from romantic love, Bella, the heroine, has changed from a little girl in an ordinary family to a member of the powerful Cullen family, and her identity transformation has magical charm-if Edward the vampire is called "the prince" by fans, isn't she a "princess"?

Stills from the movie Twilight.

However, Stephanie Mayer, who writes magical stories, is still fascinated by the stories written by Shannon Haier, because she thinks the stories written by Shannon Haier are magical.

Why is the story of the folk princess so attractive?

In my opinion, the story of the folk princess is so attractive because it has three major conflicts.

We know that the real life of princesses who have lived in the palace since childhood is actually very boring. Learn heavy manners and crafts every day, and rarely deal with strangers. There is no adventure in their life, just like flowers living in a greenhouse, just for people to appreciate. As for the folk girls, they have been used to all kinds of ways of the world since childhood, accustomed to their own ample food and clothing, and their unrestrained personality is actually full of adventurous spirit. So when the princess, a person with aristocratic aura, appears as a civilian, she has a sense of story, which is the first big conflict I mentioned.

These princesses, living among the people, naturally don't adapt to the etiquette of the palace, since there are rural customs. When they returned to the palace for various reasons, they had to accept the transformation of court etiquette. For example, the story of Princess Zhu Huan's transformation in TV dramas and the running-in period of Princess Sissi. This kind of running-in in life, I call it the second biggest conflict.

Not every girl who lives in the folk has national consciousness, even a folk princess. Folk girls' understanding of princess identity should be their imagination of luxurious life at first, but their sense of justice and responsibility for the country is gradually accumulated. We can't say that just choosing a brave girl casually and instilling the country's morality in her can make her willingly go to war or kiss for her country. Only when a girl has experienced a series of setbacks and growth, and made clear her small responsibilities and big interests, can she truly face her princess status and dare to strive for greater interests for the country. This inner contradiction, I call it the third biggest conflict.

It is these three conflicts that make the story of the princess's exile colorful.

Title: Romantic Princess

Author: [America] Shannon Haier

Press: Anhui Children's Publishing House

Release date: 2065 438+08 65438+ 10 month.