民间文学是一国之民共同享用的口头文学。当代民间文学既以口头表演形式生成，也以书面文本形式生成，且通过口头、书面、影视、网络等多种途径传播，它们是民族记忆的重要载体。节日和仪式为民间文学提供了制度化的表演窗口。当代民间文学通过仪式关联和文本关联两种途径延续民族记忆。大量涌现的民间文学作品以"集体文本"的形式构成记忆媒介，在互动循环中维系国家的、民族的共同历史感和价值观，构建中华民族文化同一性。中国当代民间文学既构建国家政治认同，也构建民族身份认同，二者具有较多的内容一致性。

Folk literature is oral and shared by all the people in a country.As an important carrier of national memory,contemporary folk literature is produced in the form of both oral performance and written texts.It is spread through oral performance,written texts,films,networks and other channels.Festivals and ceremonies provide an institutionalized performance window for folk literature.Contemporary folk literature continues national memory through ritual and textual association.A large number of folk literature works emerge in the form of "collective texts",which play a role of memory medium,maintain national common sense of history and values,and build the cultural identity of the Chinese nation through interaction.Chinese contemporary folk literature constructs the political identity of the state on the one hand and the national identity on the other,both of which are consistent in content to most extent.