Xintianyou, also known as Shuntianyou and Xiaoqu, is a folk song in northern Shaanxi. Generally, it is a paragraph or two, and each long song can reach dozens of paragraphs, and it is sung repeatedly with the same tone.
"Xintianyou" is popular in the northern half of Shaanxi and some areas bordering Ningxia, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. In the past, due to the inconvenient transportation, the production and trade here were carried by donkeys and mules, and the locals engaged in this kind of labor were called "porters", "porters" and "drivers". Walking in a lonely mountain and deep valley for a long time, "foot households" naturally amuse themselves by singing.
They sang mainly "Believe in Heaven". They are both communicators and creators. In the process of singing, they will inevitably create at will, and after the creation, they will continue to spread. Of course, the "Xintianyou" belongs to all people living on the Loess Plateau. Whether grazing farmland or having fun at festivals, they always hum a few words. As a kind of folk song with strong style and personality, the basic characteristics of Xintianyou are short and concise structure, open and unrestrained tunes, strong and profound feelings and strong expressive force. Its lyrics and songs are only two sentences. The first sentence of the lyrics rises, and the next paragraph shows the theme. For example, "Mali's head is not as high as a horse's, so you can pick people." Most tunes are based on a "double four-degree framework" of "the palace is still upright". The first sentence is divided into two paragraphs, and the first paragraph is extended for a long time, giving people a feeling of vastness and remoteness. The next sentence is done in one go. In the repeated singing of the first and second sentences, the singer is immersed in his own life sentiment. Representative repertoires include The Man's Tone, Lanhuahua, Sacrifice Spirit, Guerrilla from Hengshan Mountain, Easier said than done, and so on.
The tune of Xintianyou is melodious and changeable, and the lyrics are lively and free and easy. Locals often sing in Shan Ye. Xintianyou is very short, two sentences. The first sentence is mostly a bi xing sentence. For example, "my brother is kind-hearted and holds a towel wrapped in rock sugar." The lyrics are mostly seven sentences. The number of words in each sentence is uncertain, usually rhyming with feet, and some don't rhyme. Reduplication and interlining are often used in sentences. Vivid and simple language, vivid and simple image. This is a lyric poem that the local people love very much. At first, I sang about love and marriage, which showed people's pursuit of love and happy life and their pain and resistance to freedom of marriage. After the agrarian revolution, a large number of refugees appeared in the Soviet area of northern Shaanxi, which showed the people's love for the party and the Red Army and their faith in the revolution.