The Classification of Taiwan Province Folk Songs

Aboriginal people-use Taiwan Province's mother tongue.

Han (ha)

Hakka folk songs-mainly Hakka in Taiwan Province

Minnan folk songs-mainly Taiwanese Minnan

Folk songs circulated by Taiwan Province aborigines are folk songs. Although the population of aborigines only accounts for about 2% of the total population, the amount of music of aborigines accounts for a large proportion. Among them, the Ami people in Hualien and Taitung are the first. Ami folk songs are the most abundant and have obvious melody rhythm, which is accepted by most people. Therefore, the most frequently heard aboriginal folk songs are mainly Ami folk songs.

Hakka folk songs, also known as Hakka folk songs, are a very important part of Hakka culture. According to the nature of its tunes, it can be divided into three categories: old folk songs, folk songs and flat tunes: old folk songs and folk songs are relatively rough and simple ancient tunes; Flat tone is a more beautiful tune after the improvement of the first two. In recent years, Hakka pop music has enriched the connotation of Hakka folk songs.

Folk songs in Minnan language are the most popular folk songs in Taiwan Province Province. Because Minnan people account for the largest proportion of Taiwanese population, folk songs sung in Minnan language are the most well-known and known by the most people.

Tradition and Creation of Folk Songs

Songs in Taiwan Province Province can be roughly divided into traditional folk songs and folk songs.

Traditional folk songs are songs whose authors, creation years and reasons are difficult to verify. They usually have strong national or local characteristics and are part of Taiwan Province folk songs. Folk songs can be divided into pop songs and artistic songs: pop songs are songs that change with the trend of the times and mainly cater to the tastes of the public; Art songs are songs with serious artistic conception, but this part of Taiwan Province province songs has not been established systematically. It can be divided into local style and non-local style. The songs with local style are also local style because they incorporate the spirit of traditional folk songs, so they are called "creating local ballads", so they are called Taiwan Province folk songs together with traditional folk songs, that is, Taiwan Province folk songs. Some old songs popular in the early postwar period, such as Looking at the Spring Breeze, Heartbroken, Mending the Broken Net, etc., are not traditional folk songs, but they are still welcomed by the public today because of their connotations. These well-known old songs are also regarded by the public as a part of Taiwan Province folk songs.

Generally speaking, Taiwan Province folk songs can include traditional natural folk songs, creative folk songs and popular songs. Folk songs are national or local songs handed down from generation to generation, and it is difficult for the author to make textual research, and it is also difficult to make textual research on the age and causes of their emergence. Folk song creation, also known as local ballads, is a ballad full of local flavor created by composers by absorbing the style and spirit of traditional natural folk songs. In addition, the so-called folk songs in Taiwan Province Province should basically include ancient natural folk songs and creative songs with strong local flavor in Taiwan Province Province.

Pop songs are songs that conform to the trend of the times and cater to the public's preferences. German musician F Hertzfeld said: Pop songs are like cheap industrial products. A good pop song should be a cheap and popular song for most people. Pop songs basically exist only to meet the needs of the times, and do not necessarily have a local flavor. Therefore, folk songs and pop songs, like well water and river water, have the effect of the times and sometimes become popular pop songs.

According to the content of lyrics, Taiwan Province folk songs can be roughly divided into the following categories: 1. Family Ethics: During the period of agricultural society, Taiwan Province Province followed the old system of China and took Lunar New Year's Eve as its life circle. In the family organization, the old and the young are orderly, respect the old and love the young, and the husband and wife love each other, carry on the family line and cultivate their children. During this period, there will inevitably be many ballads describing how we get along with each other. For example, Sick Children's Songs, Being a Wife and Full Moon Songs.

2. Work: When people go hunting in the mountains, chopping wood, fishing in the sea, farming in the fields, etc. They often put music into their work and naturally produce songs related to work to improve efficiency, eliminate fatigue or express their work worries. Such as Song of Agriculture, Song of Tea Picking, Song of Niu Li, Begging for a Meal and Selling Plasters in Jianghu.

Third, love: love is a special tacit understanding that must exist between men and women at all times and at all times. Men and women bathed in love will have an impulse to pour out their hearts to each other. These songs that convey their hearts are love songs. This kind of love songs occupy a large proportion in Taiwan Province folk songs, such as Jasmine in June, Peach Blossom Transition, Song of Mutual Praise, Love Crys and so on.

4. Sacrifice: The custom of sacrifice in Taiwan Province Province follows the traditional system of China. In the agricultural society, we sincerely pray for good weather, abundant crops, peace, good luck and long life. In addition, ancestor worship is a fine tradition among the people. Every family will have ancestor worship ceremony whenever their elders die or celebrate festivals. The ballads used in this kind of sacrifice, such as "Daodiao", "Death-inducing Song", "Divination by Drawing Lots" and "Mourning Tune", all belong to this category.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) narrative category: Narrative ballads in Taiwan Province Province can be roughly divided into four categories: narrative, narrative of events, narrative of history and narrative of people. Narrative folk songs aim to praise and criticize the good and bad of social phenomena. For example, the song "Make it a positive result" that exhorts debauchery, and the folk song "Persuade the World" that belittles evil and promotes good, satirizes the Japanese "people arrange flowers and you insert grass". Narrative ballads describe the sun, the moon, mountains and rivers, costumes, animals and plants, places, utensils and natural scenery, such as Taibei tune, famous songs in Taiwan Province Province, products songs in Taiwan Province Province and seasonal songs. "Narrating history" folk songs refer to folk songs that tell historical stories and folklore, such as Cai Qian, who is fierce by nature, and spread in the south when he was in distress at sea. In addition, Zheng Chenggong's Drive to Taiwan, Chen Sanwu Niang and Xue Mei's Fourth Army all belong to this category. The ballads of "Xu" are aimed at people, and there are not many such ballads, such as "A Yi Juan, a true sage" and "the black-faced founder".

Sixth, fun: joy is in color, but singing is an interesting song. It includes happy songs and funny songs that people get together for entertainment after work. This kind of folk songs include "Eat Bride's Tea", "Drinking Songs", "Guessing Boxing Songs" and "Marriage Songs".

Seven, nursery rhymes: refers to the songs used to hum in children's lives. As far as connotation and consciousness are concerned, the imagination and interest of nursery rhymes are different from ordinary folk songs and should be classified separately. Children's songs in Taiwan Province Province can be divided into game songs, fantasy songs, cradle songs, interesting songs and narrative songs according to different contents.