Introduction to the Fishing Songs of Shanwei

Region: Guangdong - Shanwei

Name of Cultural Heritage: Shanwei Fishing Songs

Heritage No.: Ⅱ-7

Heritage Category: Folk Music

Date of Submission: 2006 Declarant/Declarant: Shanwei City, Guangdong Province

Heritage Level: Provincial

Fishermen usually sing songs in lieu of their usual communication language. The fishermen also used to sing to replace the usual language of communication, greetings, congratulations, family life and love.

Shanwei Fishermen's Song is an epic poem of the Han Chinese working people in Shanwei. In the long river of history, it tells the sweet and sour stories of the fishermen's labor and life, as well as their sorrows and joys. As a true reflection of the fishermen's life, the fishing songs have been collected and refined by the artists to become a beautiful and touching painting of the fishermen's style and a valuable heritage of traditional Han culture and art.