Apart from Wu Ge and Xiqu, Yuefu folk songs in the Southern Dynasties also have a long poem "Xizhou Qu", which belongs to "miscellaneous songs".
The folk songs of the Northern Dynasties are mainly included in Yuefu Poetry Collection and Gu Liang Corner Cross Blowing Song, and there are also a few miscellaneous songs and ballads, about 60.
Folk songs in the Northern Dynasties were jointly created by people of all ethnic groups in the North. In addition to the works of Han people, there are Miao, Qiang and Xianbei people, most of which are Xianbei folk songs.
The most outstanding narrative poem among the folk songs in the Northern Dynasties is Mulan Poetry, which was produced not later than the Chen Dynasty, and is probably a work in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
1. Features of Yuefu in Southern Dynasties:
1, the content is mainly about the love between men and women (more than 90%), and most of them express women's love and acacia for men in a female tone.
2. The expression of love is almost completely romantic, with little consideration of ethical factors, and the tone is mostly sad.
3. Folk songs in the Southern Dynasties are natural in language and like to use puns.
4. Five words and four sentences are the main form, accounting for about two-thirds of the total, which has played a positive role in the formation of five-word quatrains.
Second, the characteristics of Yuefu in the Northern Dynasties:
1, reflecting the northern scenery and nomadic life, such as: Chilean songs;
2. Show the martial spirit of the northern nationalities, such as "Song of the King Langya";
3. Reflect the pain of leaving home to follow the sign, such as "Leading Songs" and "Corporate Metaphor Songs II";
4. Love and marriage poems show that the northern nationalities pay attention to reality and express straightforwardness, such as Song of Yang Liuzhi;
Third, the differences between Yuefu in the Northern and Southern Dynasties:
1. In the form of emotional expression, northern folk songs are characterized by frankness and roughness, while southern folk songs are based on tactfulness and lingering.
2. From the perspective of language style, the folk songs in the Northern Dynasties are characterized by simplicity and vigor, while the folk songs in the Southern Dynasties are mainly gorgeous and exquisite, with puns and argots.
3. In the form of poetry, the five-character sentence pattern accounts for about 60%, and the seven-character four-character sentence pattern accounts for about 40%. About two-thirds of the five-character folk songs in the Southern Dynasties are mixed words.