What are the origins, forms and artistic features of Sangzhi folk songs in Hunan? Pray for the great gods.

1. Introduction Sangzhi County is located in the northwest of Hunan Province, bordering Shimen County and Cili County in the east, Yongding County in Zhangjiajie City and Yongshun County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in the south, Longshan County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in the west, and Xuanen County and Hefeng County in Hubei Province in the north. It is the hometown of Marshal He Long. Sangzhi folk songs are a wonderful flower in Hunan national culture, with a long history and a large number. It is characterized by simple and sincere feelings, rich and varied tunes and beautiful melodies. 2. Tracing back to Sangzhi, known as Chongxian in ancient times, it belongs to Jingzhou, the western Chu Dynasty, and is known as the Tujia and Miao settlements. As early as 654.38 million years ago, Gupu people lived here. Gupu people, located in the hinterland of Wuling Mountains, have lived in rolling mountains and criss-crossing rivers for a long time, and have embarked on a civilized road from fishing and hunting to farming, creating a fascinating Chu witch culture. Year after year, generation after generation, in the picturesque world, Gupu people use songs instead of words to express their feelings, feelings about life and yearning for a better life. That long, loud and clear singing voice has crossed mountains, streams and rivers, and reverberated between heaven and earth for a long time. "Li cheng can drum, Chunlan can autumn chrysanthemum, preach ba can dance, and die endlessly. Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs" recorded the folk song culture and witch culture of Chu people with songs (dances). Witches are the inheritors of ancient civilization. In the ancient and diverse worship activities of Chu witches, witches' worship of Sangzhi ancestors' nature, totem, ghosts and gods and ancestors is endless. Today, in the remote mountain corner of Sangzhi, some old toast's songs of crossing the dead souls for the dead still continue the magical, absurd, rich, magnificent and unrestrained ancient songs and dances. For thousands of years, Sangzhi folk songs have been handed down from generation to generation and are well preserved. For example, the "cutting grass gongs and drums" circulating in the areas of Baishi, Xilian and Renrenxi in Sangzhi still preserves the original legacy of "asking God" and "sending God". Under the command of the idea of "gongs and drums are loud", the author sang in harmony and launched a labor competition. Sangzhi folk songs have a long history, bright rhythm, beautiful melody, distinctive national style and mountain characteristics, and are praised as "the ocean of folk songs" by the music circles inside and outside the province. Qu Xixian, a famous musician in China, rated Sangzhi folk songs as "golden songs". Sangzhi folk songs were performed in Beijing in 1957 1 month,1May 962 and1June 979 respectively, which were highly praised by the party and state leaders. Sang Zhi's folk singers Peng, Li Dejie and Shang were cordially received by Zhu De, Li Xiannian, He Long and other party and state leaders. Sangzhi folk singer Shang participated in the 19th World Folk Art Festival held in Poland with the Hunan Quyi delegation in July 1987, and sang many Sangzhi folk songs, which were highly praised by foreign audiences and shocked the world. Sangzhi folk songs are widely sung for their magnificent and colorful language art and unique artistic expression. Song Zu Ying, a famous young singer, sang "Building a Lampstand in Masingue" when he held a solo concert in Vienna Golden Hall, and He Jiguang sang "Chestnut bloom Line", "Four Seasons bloom" and "Hanging Lights at the Door" in Hongkong, Macau and Singapore. Become a classic in the treasure house of China folk songs. At the same time, the infinite charm of Sangzhi folk songs also attracted famous artists such as Qu Xixian, Bai Chengren, Tan Dun, Truffle and Peng Menglin to collect folk songs. On the basis of absorbing the rich nutrition of Sangzhi folk songs, they created a large number of well-known works, such as Bai Chengren's Send Tea to Beijing, Sweet Folk Songs by Truffles and Heart Love by Wang Yougui based on Sangzhi folk songs. Sangzhi folk songs have become an inexhaustible and valuable creative resource for artists. Thirdly, the artistic features of Sangzhi folk songs originated from the productive labor in primitive farming period, and its main artistic style is simple, extensive, humorous and witty. Sangzhi folk songs can express different emotions. Hunyuan folk songs are cheerful, melodious and lyrical, lanterns are cheerful and active, Quyi is low and sad, labor horns are magnificent, grass and gongs are stirring, and revolutionary songs are passionate. Sangzhi folk songs are divided into folk songs, minor, etiquette songs, Nuo tunes and so on, covering many schools of traditional folk songs. Its rigorous musical structure and diverse musical styles, especially the use of interlinings, make folk songs reach a very high artistic level in setting off the atmosphere and revealing the inner feelings of characters. Folk singers like to sing songs that combine singing skills with lyrics, national language and local characteristics, and are good at singing different thoughts and feelings, which makes the audience often intoxicated and happy. The representative songs of Sangzhi's folk songs, such as Chestnut Flowers and a Line, Four Seasons in bloom, Hanging Lights at the Door, Slowly Making Tea with Cold Water, and Mulberry Erecting a Lampstand, have become the classics of China folk songs. On the basis of absorbing the rich nutrition of Sangzhi folk songs, many musicians have created works such as Sending Tea to Beijing, Sweet Folk Songs and Love in My Heart, which are also well-known and popular for a while. In the Ming Dynasty, at the request of the imperial court, Sangzhi Tusi led thousands of Tujia children from Sangzhi to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Korea for three times to resist Japan. " The song "Mulberry Erects a Lampstand" has always been accompanied by the soldiers' journey. "Masingue (male) set up a lampstand (yo-ho), wrote a letter (yo) with his sister (also), and Lang went to be a soldier (also) at home (yo). I can't come for three to five years (yo), so I have to ask you to move flowers (yo). Masingue (female) takes a lampstand (yo-ho), writes a letter (also) takes a belt (yo-ho). If you don't come to me for one year (yo-yo), it will be painful if you don't come to me for two years (yo-yo), and the key can't be locked (yo) and can't be opened (yo-yo). " In the era of the Great Revolution, Sangzhi people followed He Long's long March north, and "Ma Sangzi erected a lampstand" was endowed with new significance. In the era of reform and opening up, groups of Sangzhi's children went out to work, and couples bid farewell to singing "Ma Sangzi stands on a lampstand", and folk songs became a confession of loyal love. Sangzhi folk songs have strong national characteristics. The Tujia people's Song of Waving Hands has a clear and solemn rhythm, which contains the contents of human survival and labor creation. It is a vivid epic of Tujia civilization. Horse-body songs with solemn and deep tunes are thousands of lines long, reflecting the origin, astronomy, geography, ethics, life and death of Tujia people, and are a soul-stirring cultural epic. The profound and majestic Song of Sacrificing the Ancestor of the Bai Nationality is a national historical drama that inherits the Bai culture in Dali, Yunnan, and it is a combination of nostalgia and praise. Lishui, which originated from Sangzhi, has always been the cradle of Sangzhi folk songs. For thousands of years, Lishui trackers have created a magnificent Lishui hymn while conquering rapids and dangerous beaches. Lishui chant includes more than 80 kinds, such as "launching chant", "Shanghai chant", "pingshui chant", "winding chant", "pulling chant" and "paddling chant", which has become a classic folk song. According to records, there are more than 1000 Sangzhi folk songs, which are arranged and arranged. There are more than 400 folk songs 1400, 29 lanterns 129, more than 200 minor songs, more than 66 labor songs 100, and more than 500,000 words have been edited. After years of polishing, it has become an enduring wonder of folk art. Fourth, the significance of inheritance. After thousands of years of tempering, Sangzhi folk songs show unique artistic charm in singing and whispering. Sangzhi folk songs are the product of Sangzhi's unique geographical environment and closed and semi-closed living conditions, and there are still many ballads reflecting primitive religion. The structure of three lyrics provides valuable materials and examples for studying the diversity of China folk songs, and embodies the simple philosophical thought of Sangzhi people's worship of "three". Sang Zhi's unique method of moistening the cavity and vocal singing skills greatly enriched the theory of national singing and provided a unique example for vocal singing. References: _ whyc/2006-11/20/content _ 89428.htm.