What is a folk song?

Folk song is a nation in the ancient or modern period of creation with their own national style of song, refers to the traditional songs of each nation, each nation's forefathers have their own songs since ancient times, the vast majority of these songs do not know who is the author, and oral transmission, a pass ten ten pass a hundred, the generation passes from generation to generation.

Today, most of the folk songs we refer to are those from the pop era, which were sung in a natural and honest way, mainly on acoustic guitars as accompaniment, and sung in a way that expresses the feelings of a simple life.

Expanded Information

Origin of Chinese Folk Songs: China's folk songs have a long tradition, as far back as the primitive society, our ancestors in the hunting, carrying, rituals, entertaining the gods, ceremonies, courtship and other activities began their singing.

As recorded in the ancient literature of such a "play song":? "Break the bamboo, renew the bamboo; fly the earth, expel the meat." It is a very general description of the whole process of hunting labor in the primitive era. The whole folk song is only eight words, but it is like a vivid picture of the primitive shooting and hunting, which is a precious information and a delightful artistic treasure for us to understand and recognize the production and life of people in the primitive era.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Folk Songs