What are the characteristics of national singing embodied in Dragon Boat Tune?

Dragon Boat Tune embodies the characteristics of clear articulation, delicate breath and high tone in national singing.

Introduction to Dragon Boat Music:

"Dragon Boat Tune" is adapted from the lantern song "Planting Melon Tune", which is an excellent Tujia folk song in western Hubei and one of the 25 outstanding folk songs in the world. After investigation and study, the date of its birth is not clearly recorded, but it is speculated that it originated in the early Qing Dynasty, and its predecessor originated in the Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Melon Dragon Boat Tune belongs to the category of lantern songs in Tujia folk songs.

The thoughts and feelings of Dragon Boat Tune;

In terms of national spirit, Dragon Boat Tune embodies Tujia people's love for life and positive attitude towards life. Folk songs convey a poetic realm of life, and this potential poetic tradition subtly shapes Tujia people's outlook on life and values in music life.

Dragon Boat Tune praises beautiful things and pure emotions, and gives praise and expectation for a better life from the depths of the soul.

The language of dragon boat music:

Dragon Boat Tune embodies the unique language art in western Hubei. "Dragon Boat Tune" has many layers in singing. These interlinings are either local dialects or daily modal particles, which have strong characteristics in western Hubei. Although most of these interlinings have no specific interpretation, they are integrated into the whole song, making the tune full of charm.

The inheritance value of dragon boat music;

1, literary value

"Dragon Boat Tune" uses refined words, repeatedly uses interlining words, such as "Today's place, tomorrow's place", and uses a large number of dialect words, which has practical significance for national cultural exchanges.

The study of Longchuandiao has a far-reaching influence on the choice of words and sentences in Jingchu dialect and the discussion on the tone change of dialect system, and Longchuandiao itself can also be regarded as a poem, which can deeply explore the minority culture.

2. Aesthetic value

Dragon boat music sounds good, first of all, from the lyrics; "February is the vernal equinox. In March, melon seeds take root and seedlings become forests." It can be seen that the Dragon Boat Tune has gained aesthetic content and form after time washing, and has become a beautiful art requiring beauty.

3. Inherited value

Dragon Boat Tune is the wealth of Chinese people, and it needs to be deeply explored in both content and form. In-depth understanding of Tujia folk song culture is inseparable from a systematic and comprehensive study of the source, historical context, development status and future prospects of "Dragon Boat Tune".