The Book of Songs includes local music and folk songs, which reflects the life, thoughts and feelings of working people.

The Book of Songs includes: Wind, local music, and the poem Wind is a folk ballad, reflecting the life, thoughts and feelings of working people; "Ya" is the central theme of the Zhou Dynasty, and the poem "Ya" is a court poem; "Ode" is a dance music used for sacrifice, and the poem "Ode" is a temple fair sacrifice poem. The poems of "elegance" and "ode" mostly reflect the life of the ruling class. Ethnic customs and some minority poets are the most valuable oral creations of the working people, which created the glorious tradition of ancient poetry and had a far-reaching impact on later poetry.