Abstract: In September 2022, the British National Library collected 16 Chinese online literary works for the first time. These works successfully presented a beautiful and admirable image of China by “telling Chinese stories”. The core of the “Chinese Story” includes four aspects. Firstly,it is committed to building an excellent traditional Chinese ethical and moral system mainly embodied in the construction of an ideal social and family system formed by absorbing China's excellent traditional ideological culture. Secondly,the works express sincere and pure emotions such as family love, ultimately sublimating into the common emotions of humanity, and extols the spirit of perseverance, unyielding determination, and unrepentant struggle, as well as the heroic spirit. Thirdly, China's excellent traditional culture shold be promoted and Chinese stories are narrateed through representative traditional cultural carriers such as traditional techniques, crafts, and cuisine, and showcase the enduring charm of Chinese traditional culture across time. Lastly, we should inherit and carry forward the narrative and expression methods of Chinese classical literature, allowing the excellent literary and artistic techniques from classical literature to continue to shine in the new era.

Key words: Web literature, The British National Library, core of Chinese stories, excellent traditional Chinese culture