Related concepts of folk music

"National music" refers to music handed down from ancient times and developed in modern times. It can be seen that the creation time of "national music" refers to ancient times;

"New music" refers to music written by people who have studied western music, such as school songs. It can be seen that the creation time of new music was after 1840 Opium War.

"China Music" not only refers to the music handed down from ancient times, but also refers to the music created and adapted by China people according to western theories.

"China traditional music" refers to the music created by the people of China in their own ways and forms, including both ancient works produced in history and contemporary works. It can be seen that traditional music includes "national music" but not "new music", but they are all "China music".

Traditional music is an extremely important part of China national music. The difference between traditional music and new music lies not in the order of music creation, but in its expression form and style characteristics. For example, Erhu solo "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon" and "Fishing Boat Singing Night" are modern music works, but their playing forms are inherent in the Chinese nation, so they are also traditional music. On the contrary, the school song and piano solo "Shepherd Boy Piccolo" are not traditional music because they borrow the musical morphological characteristics of western music.