Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional stories - The Historical Background of Uygur Music

The Historical Background of Uygur Music

1. Love Songs Most Uygur folk love songs reflect the faithful faith of young men and women in love and their resistance to the feudal arranged marriage system in the old society. Among them, Gulan Han Mu, Green Peony, Girl with Black Eyes, My Wish, Li Lai Guli, Is there a moon in the sky, etc. Stereo 1- "Li Lai Coulee" 2. Folk songs refer to songs that Uighurs often sing in their daily lives and customs. Among them, the most famous ones are wedding songs sung in wedding customs, funeral songs sung in funeral customs, fasting songs sung in religious customs, welcoming the snow in the spring in holiday customs, and Balati songs sung in daily customs. 3. Historical songs reflect major historical events of the Uighurs, such as "Forced Relocation Song" reflecting the exile of the Uighurs (19) and "Drive out the Japanese invaders and save the motherland" reflecting War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. 4. Labor songs Uygur labor songs mostly adopt folk style of beat and rhythm. The most common songs are harvesting songs, ploughing songs, playing Google, picking cotton songs and so on. In addition, there are some songs in the Uighurs that reflect the labor industry, such as coachman's song, ditch digging song, miner's song and so on. Voice 2-"Singing in the Orchard" Generally speaking, most Uygur folk songs are improvised by using traditional folk tunes and folk songs. Usually, each lyric consists of 2 or 4 positive words (7 ~ 12 syllables per sentence, of which 7 syllables are the most common. ) or a number of auxiliary words (different in length) and their composition, and often use metaphors, which have profound implications (see Guan's Traditional Music of Uygur Nationality, in Tian Liantao's Traditional Music of China Minorities, page 487, Central University for Nationalities Press, 200 1. 10). )