《民间文学论坛》创刊30年来走过了曲折的道路,它在建设中国民间文艺学,培育民间文艺学人才方面所发挥的积极作用功在千秋,影响深远。以我自己的成长为例,我虽然是1957年由华中师范大学中文系毕业留校从事民间文学教学至今的,但我并不是民俗学、民间文学专业的科班出身,而是在新中国勃兴的民间文学事业热潮中,受前辈和同辈学人的激励,在《民间文学》、《民间文学论坛》的大力扶持下才跨进这一学圃的。我投身于民间文 The “Folklore Forum” has gone through twists and turns in the past 30 years. Its positive role in building Chinese folklore and fostering talents in folklore has a long history and profound influence. Taking my own growth as an example, although I graduated from the Department of Chinese at Central China Normal University in 1957 and engaged in the teaching of folk literature up to now, I am not a major in folklore or folklore. Instead, I was born in New China In the upsurge of folklore career, motivated by predecessors and peers, they entered this school with the strong support of “folk literature” and “folk literature forum”. I devoted myself to folklore