Why are cherry blossoms folk songs?

Cherry blossoms, a folk song, vividly and truly show the joy and interest of Japanese people who cherish cherry blossoms in the spring of March to go to the mountain cemetery to watch cherry blossoms. Although it has only fourteen short bars, its musical image is very distinct. This piece of music is based on the Japanese folk "Du Jie mode" and has a strong national flavor.

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"Sakura" (Japanese: さくらさくら) is a traditional Japanese folk song describing the beautiful scenery in spring, which was created at the end of Edo for children to learn Japanese zither. Spring is the season when cherry blossoms bloom. This tune is a Japanese minor, with only five sounds of do, mi, fa, la and si. Cherry Blossom is often adapted into instrumental music in the form of duet, chorus, solo and ensemble.

This song is widely known in China. At present, there is a song "Cherry Blossom" in the music textbooks of primary schools in Chinese mainland. This song is also the opening song of various language radio programs of Japan Radio International and the starting song of Komatsu Station of JR Yamanote Line and Xiaojinjing Station of JR Central Line Express.