童话是儿童文学门类中的一个特殊品种。坪田让治在《红蜡烛与美人鱼序》中说,“童话是接近于诗的艺术作品,被认为是散文诗的一种。”童话创作善于运用极度夸张的幻想故事给孩子们创造一个想像的世界。因此,“幻想”是童话的核心,也是童话的灵魂,没有幻想就没有童话。在中国,大 Fairy tales are a special breed of children’s literature. In his book, “The Candle and the Mermaid Sequence,” Ping Tzu-ch’i said: “A fairy tale is a work of art that is close to poetry and is considered as a kind of prose poem.” Fairy tales are adept at using their extreme exaggeration to create an imaginary world. Therefore, “fantasy” is the core of fairy tales, but also the soul of fairy tales, there is no fairy tale without fantasy. In China, big