The Historical Origin of Folk Minor of Han Nationality in Qinghai Province

Minor reflects a wide range of social life. It is not limited by a specific social class and a specific working environment, and reflects not only farmers, but also the marriage and love, lovesickness, local customs, entertainment games, knowledge of nature and folk stories of urban handicraft workers and other laborers, businessmen, citizens and even Jianghu geisha, prostitutes, monks and nuns, vagrants and beggars. , and almost everything.

The emergence and development of minor has gone through a long period of time, and some narrative chapters in The Book of Songs have given birth to some factors of this genre. The harmony song in Han dynasty is a form of singing accompanied by silk and bamboo, which is obviously different from the songs of other disciples (oratorios and the like), and it can be said that harmony song is one of the sources of minor. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, folk Yuefu folk songs appeared in the form of time series, such as Song of Four Seasons at Midnight, Song of Five Tables from the Army, Song of Willow Branches on the Moon Festival, etc., from which we can see the structural principles of several traditional tunes widely circulated in later generations, such as Four Seasons, Five Tables and December. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, more folk songs were selected and refined, which became a part of rap, song and dance performances, called tunes, and also an early form of minor genre. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, with the increasing prosperity of China's urban economy, minor entered a mature stage of all-round development. On the one hand, many folk songs introduced from rural areas to cities have become part of minor tunes after being sung and processed by artists. On the other hand, in order to meet the needs of the citizens, Xiao Ling and San Tao, which rose in the Yuan Dynasty, gradually parted ways with the rigorous North-South songs and became popular, easy to understand, smooth and beautiful songs, which still retain the name of Qupai.