Characteristics of Tujia Folk Song Lyrics in Xiangxi

Hegel once said: "Music and poetry are closely related, because they both use the same perceptual material, namely sound." Folk songs are closely related to literature. The lyrics of Tujia folk songs in Xiangxi are concrete, vivid and vivid language.

(1) The lyrics of Tujia folk songs in Xiangxi are often compared, which has a very high artistic beauty.

The first four lyrics in the bugle call: "Baihe boat, disaster; The import is Yanzitan; The white arrow is a small street; Beautiful woman sitting on a rock with a comb head. "This word seems to describe the scene, but in fact it is lyrical; There is no word "love" throughout, but with the help of the metaphor of "wonderful and boundless", "swallow" is compared to "beauty", which vividly depicts the deep and warm feelings of Tujia men.

Four sentences in Tuomu Haozi, Baojing County, Xiangxi: the side dishes are at the end of Wang Caowei, and the radishes are at Monk Island. I can't afford to buy vegetables. There is a pair of Yuanyang Rock across the street. Yuanyang Rock is a heartless thing, without sadness or love. Here, the singer gives emotion to the rock, empathizes with things, makes the rock have people's joy, anger, sadness and joy, embodies the boatman's Chun Qing, moves the heartless things, and shows the sadness of his feelings. Clever use of empathy personification makes the words of the boatman's chant vivid, thus greatly enhancing the language appeal. [6]

(2) The lyrics of Tujia folk songs in Xiangxi are mostly lining words, which have extremely high artistic beauty.

(3) The lyrics of Tujia folk songs in western Hunan are mostly life themes with high artistic beauty.

Folk songs are closely related to people's social life. Tujia folk songs in Xiangxi are collectively created by Tujia people in productive labor, and have been enriched and developed in the process of being handed down from generation to generation. Its lyrics are rich and colorful, including folk songs and minor songs describing field life, wedding songs, funeral songs, songs, wave songs, Liang songs, lullabies and various labor songs used for customs and ceremonies.