Characteristics of China Folk Songs

China folk songs are melodious, with strong regional characteristics and national flavor.

Folk songs in different regions reflect the local natural environment and humanistic customs, while folk songs of different nationalities reflect their unique cultural traditions and beliefs. For example, Ma Touqin folk songs in the northwest are melodious and passionate, expressing the heroic feelings of herders on the grassland; The Chaoshan folk songs in the south have a cheerful rhythm, which embodies the cheerful and optimistic spirit of the local people.

The lyrics of China folk songs are profound and infectious. The lyrics of folk songs usually express themes such as love, affection, friendship, labor and life, and have rich humanistic feelings and profound social significance. Compared with the simplicity of pop music, the lyrics of folk songs are often more subtle and obscure, which requires readers to deeply taste and understand, which is also the unique charm of folk songs.

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China's folk songs have a long tradition. In primitive society, our ancestors began to sing in hunting, carrying, offering sacrifices, entertaining gods, offering sacrifices, courtship and other activities. Because folk songs are the songs of working people, working people were looked down upon in feudal society and semi-feudal and semi-colonial old China, and their songs suffered the same fate. Even in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was repeatedly forbidden by the emperor.

There are few written records about its history. From the unearthed cultural relics, there are many ancient musical instruments, but there are few singing activities. The singing and dancing pottery pots unearthed in Datong County, Qinghai Province are really precious. It shows the totem worship song and dance activities in matriarchal society 6000 years ago. In primitive times, song and dance were combined. In the book Huainanzi recorded in ancient times, it is mentioned that the ancients sang labor trumpets when lifting wood, which shows that early folk songs are closely related to labor.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-China Folk Songs.