What are the similarities and differences between Chinese folk songs and foreign art songs?

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Folk music (Folkmusic), also known as folk ballads, folk music, folk short poems, etc., abbreviated as folk ballads, folk songs, folk music, is defined by the International Folk Music Consortium (IFMC) as "music for the general public that has been developed through the process of oral transmission", that is, the process of distributing the music, which is purely by the players or the recipients of the music recording and teaching and passing it on personally. This means that the process of music dissemination is purely by the performer or the recipient of the music, who records the lessons and passes them on to the others.

Folk music refers to the forms and works of music that have been passed down through the oral tradition of the masses of people over a long period of history. Whether it is from the use of musical instruments, playing sheet music or the form of performance, it has a strong national and regional, and local folk customs and habits of the local folk activities combined.