Characteristics of Ballads in Shaoxing and its Surrounding Areas

The ballads of Shaoxing and its neighboring areas have the following characteristics:

1. Catchy: Shaoxing ballads have this characteristic, which makes them easy to be remembered and sung.

2. Strong local color: these ballads usually use local dialects and languages, which makes them more popular among local people.

3. Containing local traditions and allusions: the lyrics of Shaoxing ballads often involve local traditions and history, which is of great value in passing on and promoting local culture.

4. Short and concise: Shaoxing ballads are usually short and concise, easy to be accepted and understood.

5. Neat sentences, rhyming, and unevenness: this is a common feature of Chinese folk songs, which is also reflected in Shaoxing ballads. For example, seven-character sentences are predominant, and there are also other sentence styles, and two-sentence and four-sentence styles are predominant in the structure.

6. The use of similes, metaphors, comparisons, exaggerations, narratives and other techniques: these techniques make the thematic ideas of the ballads clear and prominent.

7. Clear theme, distinctive image, sincere feelings: these characteristics make Shaoxing ballads can penetrate into the hearts of the people and cause people's ****ing.

In general, the ballads of Shaoxing and its surrounding areas are loved by the local people for their strong local characteristics, short and concise, easy to sing and so on.