Chongyi Zhudong She Nationality Folk Songs

Jiangxi
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Chongyi Zhudong She folk songs (third batch of provincial level) Zhudong She folk songs are folk songs popular in Zhudong She Village, Niedu Township, Chongyi County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province. They are songs sung by people to express their feelings in production and life. They appear in the form of solo or duet, and the content is mainly about labor and love life. They have a relatively free rhythm, high pitch, long and loud voice, and are unique in their own personality. The characteristics of flexible use of true voice and false voice. Zhudong She folk songs are sung in Hakka and Cantonese. They are basically four sentences and seven characters. The first and second sentences are rhymed, and the third and fourth sentences are relatively random; they use traditional tunes passed down by word of mouth, and they are often improvised and emotional when singing, blurting out, and lingering; the singing is rich and colorful, and the rhythm is free and varied. For thousands of years, Zhudong people have used it to sing about labor life, express emotions and inspire fighting spirit, and use it to communicate feelings, connect friendships, and entertain the body and mind. "Everyone can sing, and there are songs everywhere", "Life and death must be connected. The elder brother dies and becomes a big tree, and the younger sister comes to hold the vine again". The living environment and cultural environment of the She ethnic group give Zhudong She folk songs a unique mood and charm. She folk songs are a gorgeous and unique flower in the Grand View Garden of Chinese music. It originated from ancient folk songs and accompanied the She ancestors to migrate from the mountainous areas. It can be said that the song follows people and multiplies everywhere. The She compatriots who account for more than 80% of the total population of the village and the Hakka people of the Han nationality are multiplying and creating wealth and civilization in this magical land of Zhudong. About 500 years ago, the She folk songs with unique singing, brisk rhythm and long charm were sung in the fields and corners of Zhudong Village and beside the mountain streams. It is a ballad sung by people in production and life to express their feelings. It appears in the form of solo or duet, and the content is mainly to express labor and love life. The history of the folk songs circulating in Zhudong is difficult to verify. The elderly said that they heard their great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers singing them when they were young. Judging from the generation difference and time difference, the folk songs have been circulating in the village for at least more than a hundred years.

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