Exploring the Formation and Development of Minnan Songs

Minnan folks are all over the world, and nearly 80% of Taiwan Province compatriots are Minnan people. Minnan dialect songs condense the essence of Minnan culture and are widely loved by Minnan people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and around the world. Minnan songs are "local songs" and "local voices", which have special charm and charm.

Minnan songs are also called "Gezi" and "Jin Song". Gezi is the collective name of Minnan, Chaoshan and Taiwan Province folk songs and ditties in Minnan dialect. It is pronounced gua a in Taiwan Province, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, and gua gia in Chaoshan is homonym, meaning song and ditty. The "grid" of Minnan people is a very vague and broad concept. In literature, "Gezi" refers to all kinds of folk songs in Minnan oral literature. Whether it is a singing folk song or a chanting nursery rhyme, it is called "Gezi". In terms of music, "Gezi" generally refers to the popular songs in Minnan music, such as children's songs called baby songs, tea-picking folk songs called tea-picking songs, and fishing songs called boating songs.

Jin songs were originally formed in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and were relatively complete in the Ming Dynasty. It comes from the folk, sings in dialect and has a strong local flavor. The melody is smooth and simple, expressive, popular and healthy, easy to learn and understand, and is deeply loved by the masses. Many rural areas have "lattice arrays" and "lattice pavilions". After the golden melody entered the city, it was changed to the southern pipa, the three-stringed instrument and the two-stringed instrument, and its singing changed from lively, rough and bold to graceful, gentle and comfortable. The name of Qupai, the original "seven sons" was renamed as "Sikong", and the "major" was called "Wukong" and "Bass". Sometimes a few bars of southern music are inserted into the aria, which is called "Qu Cong". Rural areas still retain their original features, and gradually formed three schools: rural areas, towns and primitive Qin Yue. The "pavilions" in towns include Baleyin, Yinle Pavilion, Jixian Pavilion, Shengyin Garden and Jinde Society. "Tang" schools in rural areas include Qingfeng Hall, Qingxian Hall, Dongyin Hall, Jinyun Hall, Tang Yide Hall and Panhe Hall. "Yueqin" school has the marching songs of Changtai, Huaan, Pinghe and Blind artists (begging) and Xiao Yun's "four-pronged approach".

At the end of Ming and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, Jin Ge settled in Taiwan Province Province as Minnan people crossed eastward. At present, Niuli Song, Sick Song and Tianwu Dance are still circulating in Taiwan Province. The music of Taiwan Province Gezai Opera is based on Jin songs and blended with local folk music. At the same time, Jin songs became popular in Nanyang with immigrants. 18 (1929), Zhangzhou Jinge artists Chen Lishui, Lin Ting, Lai Yaoshan, Wang Qingji, Chen Jiaopao, Zhu Ya, Zhong Qing and Chen Bu were invited to sing all over Nanyang, made friends with artists, and made more than 40 records in Hindenburg EMI Company. They sang Chen San, Chen Sanshen, Noisy, Shadowless, Gambling and Uncle Song.

1950, there were more than 10 jinge clubs in Zhangzhou, among which Longyan Yingjinge Club, Xiaxun Jinge Club, Xinqiao Jinge Club, Dongyue Jinge Club and Punan Jinge Club were famous. 1952, Shima, Longxi County established the Jin Opera Society to perform the Jin Opera Peacock Flying Southeast. 1956 and 1978, at the invitation of China Record Company and Hong Kong Oriental Record Company, they distributed recordings and cassette tapes at home and abroad. In the early 1960s, the cultural department organized forces to explore Jin Song's traditional books and records. Up to1963 * *, 26 Jin Song's books and records, and 150 pieces of music were discovered. After the reform and opening-up, he created many new plays, such as Homesickness, Rooting, Narcissus Love, Taiwan Province Grandma Watching the Women's Volleyball Team, and Mr. Joe's Return to Zhangzhou. Participated in provincial and national cultural performances and won many awards. 1983, Jin Ge's rising star Suhua Wang went to Singapore to perform. In the 1980s, various Jinge societies gathered and watched many times to strengthen artistic exchanges, and Jinge's performing arts continued to improve.

Cantonese is popular with Cantonese songs, and Angkor is popular in southeastern Jiangsu and Suzhou.