Artistic Features of Xingshan Folk Songs

Xingshan ancient songs are strange in tone and unknown, which makes people ignorant of pitch and mode and difficult to sing. In fact, it contains an interval between major and minor in the scale structure, named Xingshan third interval. This unique scale proves that there is an oral culture in Jingchu music culture that is consistent with the legal system of musical instrument archaeological discovery.

The uniqueness of Xingshan folk songs lies not only in the auditory effect of its tone itself, but also in its unique aesthetic taste. Xingshan folk songs have always given "outsiders" a feeling of sadness, which makes people feel that it is a "crying tone".

From the establishment of Yuefu by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty to the establishment of elegant music by Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, there are records of "mourning" and "mourning" in Chu State. All descriptions of the tones of Zhi Zhu's songs, without exception, are singing the tune of "sadness and sadness" in unison. Until today, people still think that Xingshan folk songs are "sound mourning". In fact, this understanding is quite different from the feelings of the Chu people-the Chu people take pleasure in this sound! It's just that people in different regions have different aesthetic psychology. The so-called "happiness" rather than "sadness" is the aesthetic feature of Jingchu ancient songs.

Xingshan folk songs reveal the original appearance of Jingchu ancient songs, provide irrefutable evidence that China traditional music has not been lost, and prove the tenacious vitality and stable heredity of China traditional music.