英文摘要:It is Hu Wan-ch''uan that leads Taichung County Centure Center to start the work on gathering and arranging folk literature from AD1992. So far,it is over 10 years,and the achievement is quite outstanding. Till 2002,the collection of 36 books about folk literary works were published.15 of them are the Southern Fukein folk tales. The category of the research is limited in the Southern Fukein folk tales collected in Taichung County.The theme is to explore the appearance and characteristics of rigional folk literature and orientate the collecting activity of folk literature in Taichung County to bear witness to history.This treatise arranges the contents of the folk tales to classify,to compare the differences and to induce the characteristics of the Southern Fukein folk tales according to the local customs and practices in Taichung County. The treatise is divided into six chapters.The first chapter "Preface" is designed to explain the research motives,research purposes,research methods and procedures,research categories and limits,and the difficult words.From the 2nd chapter "Taichung County and Folk Literature",we can study the local customs and pratices, and explore the origine and the present status of the collecting of folk literature in Taichung County.In the 3rd chapter "Myth and Legend",myth and legend are arranged and classified into legend about figures and historical events,the scenery and historical relics,ceremonies or customs,ghosts and monsters,animals and plants,religious reliefs and the others to explore.In the 4th chapter "Folk Tales",folk tales are arranged and explored by the classification of tales about fantasy ,animals, living,and alert people.In the 5th chapter "Jokes", jokes are arranged and explored by the classification of joks about sex, talks,and the others.The 6th chapter aims at the research effects and induces the unique features and value of the Southern Fukein folk tales in Taichung County.