The Concept of China Folk Songs

China folk songs are the collective oral poetry creation of working people. Folk songs, that is, folk songs, belong to a form of folk literature, which can be sung or recited, and mostly appear in the form of verse.

China folk songs are a genre of national folk music in China, and they are the art of songs produced and developed by the people through extensive oral singing in their daily life.

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Types of China Folk Songs:

1, the song of labor

Labor songs include all kinds of songs that directly reflect the labor life or match the labor rhythm, such as songs of chant, Tian Ge, miners' songs, logging songs, porters' songs and tea picking songs. This is a European folk song directly inspired by manual labor.

2. Political songs

Political songs are ballads created by people because of their personal political situation. It reflects the working people's understanding and attitude towards certain political events, political measures, political figures and related political situations, and shows the working people's political ideal and the spirit of fighting for this ideal.

3. Ritual songs

This is a song sung with folk customs and rituals. It comes from an era when people don't know the power of nature and worship the power of language, that is, they fantasize about using language to impress the gods, pray for blessing and avoid disasters.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Folk Songs