Do the blooming flowers in Shandandan belong to the flowers in western folk songs or to the belief in heaven?

Xintianyou is a folk song circulating in the northwest of China. Lyrics are variants of the upper and lower sentences based on seven-character style 223, and they are good at romantic metaphors. It's a folk song in northern Shaanxi. In northern Shaanxi, it is called "Xintianyou", also known as "Shuntianyou" and "Xiaoqu", in Shaanxi it is called "Qu Shan" and in Inner Mongolia it is called "Mountain Climbing Tune".

The lyrics of Xintianyou are generally two sentences, the first sentence is comparison, and the next sentence is topic, which is basically improvisation. These spoken poems have amazing language, vivid images and great artistic appeal.

The content mainly reflects love, marriage, resisting oppression and striving for freedom. People in northern Shaanxi praise the belief in heaven, not only the happiness of life, but also the personal sorrow; There is no lack of romance and concern for reality, which is the pursuit of a better life and emotional sustenance.

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The Creative Background of Flowers Blooming in Shandandan

Flowers in Shandandan is a folk song in northern Shaanxi and a collective creation of working people. The song "Flowers Bloom in Shandandan" is a romantic journey in northern Shaanxi full of rich ethnic flavor. The whole tune is lively and melodious. Describe the beautiful scene when the Red Army's Long March arrived in northern Shaanxi smoothly, which coincided with Shandandan blooming in the mountains.

Musician Guan led the creative team to interview, collect and consult relevant materials in northern Shaanxi. In their creation, they first selected four folk songs that were circulated during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period: Our Leader Mao Zedong, Song of Production in the Border Region, Turn Over the Road, and War Song of Anti-Japanese Soldiers.

Through collective word-changing, it was finally adapted into the folk songs of northern Shaanxi, Our Leader Mao Zedong, Longlong Folk Song Turning Over the Road, and Northern Shaanxi Folk Song Workers and Peasants Armed. When selecting four folk songs, Comrade Guan suggested adding a folk song reflecting the great revolutionary turning point of the Central Red Army and Chairman Mao's arrival in northern Shaanxi.

After repeated discussions, it was decided to choose two works, Follow the Party and Dry the Revolution, written by playwright Ping An and arranged by composer at sea, and Always Follow Chairman Mao, which was adapted by Feng Wei from Longdong folk song "Daughter Carrying Water". After being rewritten by the members of the creative team, Liu Feng composed and arranged music to form The Flowers in Shandandan are Red and Beautiful. This is a new Shaanxi-Gansu revolutionary folk song with three leading voices.

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