Zixi She folk songs (the fourth batch of provincial level) She folk songs are one of the most distinctive representatives of She culture. They are oral literature created by She people in the struggle of production and life, and are an important part of She traditional culture. The traditional singing of folk songs has a history of thousands of years, and they are all passed down through the words and deeds of ancestors. The oral literature of the She people is an important part of She folk songs. The She people only have language but no writing. They use Chinese characters and often borrow She language to hand-copy songbooks. In the old society, She people had no opportunity to receive cultural education. They regarded learning to sing as an important cultural life. They often used songs to communicate feelings, record events, promote good and punish evil, spread knowledge, and compete with wisdom. They formed the custom of singing folk songs when working in the mountains, receiving guests, and weddings and funerals. There are representative songs in every era. Songs are divided into narrative songs, folk songs, labor songs, love songs, life songs, miscellaneous songs, etc. There are solos, duets and choruses, and they are rarely accompanied by movements and music. The basic rhythm of mountain songs is generally the same as the seven-character quatrain of the Han nationality, with four lines and seven-character rhyme as one line, and four sentences as one song. However, there are also variations in which the first sentence is a "three-character head" and a "five-character head" and two three-character short sentences are combined into a "six-character head". Dozens of lyrics are connected together to state the same theme, which is called a "link", and more than a hundred lyrics are connected together, which is called a "long link". There are strict requirements for the rhyme of lyrics. The rule is that the last words of the first, second, and fourth sentences have the same rhyme, and they must rhyme with the level tone of the She language, and the last word of the third sentence must use the oblique tone. For example, "Pan Gu Huang Ge": When he left the court, he was born with three children and one palace. He recruited a single man as his parents, and the son-in-law was named Zhong. Among them, "zhong", "gong", and "zhong" are all level rhymes, and "mu" is an oblique tone. Otherwise, it is difficult to sing, which is called "wu shun liu" or "ao zui" in the She language. If there are several lines in a song, you can keep the same rhyme throughout, or change the rhyme line by line. There is also a special rule called "three changes", that is, the basic content of a song remains unchanged, only one word or phrase is changed at the end of the sentence, making it three. For example, "Tea Picking Song": Tea is planted on the back of yellow mud, and the leaves are covered in March. In March, my mother went to pick it and picked a basket and returned. Tea is planted on the yellow mud mountain, and the leaves are green in March. In March, my mother went to pick it and picked a basket and returned. Tea is planted in yellow mud, and the leaves are thin in March. In March, my mother went to pick it and picked a basket and returned. When singing She songs, they also borrow "li", "luo", "lu" and other empty words with sound but no meaning or with special meanings according to different regions to enhance the tone and enrich the charm. She folk songs not only have unique artistic techniques, but also are a true record of the life, customs, and thoughts and emotions of the She people, and are a valuable heritage that enriches the national folk art. In 2013, Zixi She folk songs were included in the fourth batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage list.