What is the original ballad?

Primitive ballads are one of the earliest literary styles, which originated from the primitive society with extremely low productivity and no written records. Primitive ballads originated from the labor slogans shouted by ancestors in the process of labor to coordinate labor rhythm, reduce fatigue and stimulate labor enthusiasm. Later, with the development of ancestors' thinking ability, pronunciation organs and language ability, rhythmic shouting was gradually replaced by meaningful and rhythmic language, and real poetry (that is, original ballads) came into being. Because of oral collective creation, there is no written record, most of the original songs are lost, and there are occasional records in ancient books, which are mostly entrusted by future generations by mistake. The more reliable ancient ballads include Ge Tan (The Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu Yue), Yi Li Jiao Si Wax Ci, Spring and Autumn Yin Chu and others, as well as the ballads preserved in Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Guayi Ci of Zhouyi. Existing original ballads can be roughly divided into the following aspects:

1, labor ballad. Such as "playing music": breaking bamboo, continuing bamboo, flying soil, and eating meat. Ancient hunting songs reflect the hunting life of ancestors, reproduce the whole process of making bows and arrows and shooting, and are full of pride and joy that ancestors learned to make hunting gear and achieved success, and also contain the purpose and function of summing up labor efficiency.

2. Sacrificial songs. Such as "Yi Yi Wax Ci": soil, against its home! Water belongs to its valley! Insect, don't do it Vegetation, return to its ze! This is a mantra-style sacrificial song of La Worship Hundred Gods at the end of the year, with condescending color, calling on the deified soil, water, insects and vegetation to return to their original positions, and do their own jobs to protect the growth of crops and not harm human beings. The language is firm and sharp, showing the ideals and confidence of our ancestors in conquering nature, with a strong sense of primitive religion.

3. Love songs. For example, Zhouyi's essay "Swallow Six Children": Swallow as fast as you can; Riding a horse, such as in class; Bandits, marriage. This is an ancient ballad about the custom of savage marriage robbery.

4. Warsong. For example, Zhouyi Zhongfu 62: Defeat the enemy. Or drum, or stop, or cry, or sing. People wrote some poems about the victory of the war. Some are still beating gongs and drums to show their courage, some are sitting and resting, some are crying because of the loss of their loved ones, and some are singing loudly.