Tongcheng Song is a local folk song originated in Tongcheng, Anhui. It is a kind of local folk literature in the form of rhyme created collectively by the local working people. It is also a comprehensive art that integrates lyrics, music and performance. The origin of Tongcheng Song can be traced back to the historical period before the Tang Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, Tongcheng Songs began to be compiled and printed into books. 25 Tongcheng Songs were collected in the "Collection of Miscellaneous Songs of the Ming Dynasty". Feng Menglong, a famous writer in the Ming Dynasty, set up a special volume "Tongcheng Popular Songs" in "Mountain Songs", which recorded 24 Tongcheng Songs and called them "rhymes and recitations in rural dialect". Tongcheng Song is a local folk song originated in Tongcheng, Anhui, the hometown of the "Tongcheng School". It is a kind of folk literature in the form of rhyme created collectively orally by the local working people. It is also a comprehensive art that integrates lyrics, music and performance. Tongcheng Song is a kind of traditional folk ballad. The traditional folk literature in Tongcheng area includes six items such as "Whip the Reeds, Peacock Flies Southeast, Tongcheng Songs, Legends of Six-foot Alley, Huizhou Folk Songs, Huizhou Couplets and Plaques"; the folk music includes "Wuhe Folk Songs, Dabie Mountain Folk Songs in Western Anhui, Shouzhou Gongs and Drums, Jinzhai Ancient Stele Silk String Gongs and Drums, Fanchang Folk Songs, Tongling Cow Songs, Guichi Folk Songs, Shitai Singing, Jiuhua Mountain Buddhist Music, Qianshan Danqiang. The famous ci writer, Xidong Daoke, said: "Tongcheng Songs are the only special cultural phenomenon of the evolution of folk culture into ci. ". The art form of Tongcheng Songs is composed of folk songs, ballads, and ditties. The specific categories can be divided into legends, local customs, current affairs, labor, life, love, rituals, affairs, fun, lantern songs, children's songs, etc. Tongcheng Songs were popular in Huangmei, Hubei and Wu dialect areas in Jiangsu and Zhejiang before the Ming Dynasty. With its unique seven-word five-sentence style, euphemistic and concise language, and beautiful and pleasant tunes, it was widely sung and even published in volumes (Ming Dynasty Miscellaneous Songs Collection and Feng Menglong's Ming Dynasty Songs Collection). Tongcheng Songs are included in the "Qing Dynasty Folk Songs Collection". Not only did it become the main local folk song during the period when Anhui folk songs were popular, but it also influenced Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi and western Zhejiang. Historically, a wide-ranging "Tongcheng Folk Song Cultural Belt" was formed, especially in the formation and development of Huangmei Opera, which played a genetic role in nurturing and shaping. In 2008, the "Tongcheng Songs" applied by Tongcheng City, Anhui Province were approved by the State Council to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Art serial number: 566-79.