1. Folk literature value: Some of the repertoire of dragon boat songs are composed and sung by artists themselves, and some are directly adapted from wooden fish song books to be sung in dragon boat songs. Most of these repertoires are medium and long-form, with themes and content. Diverse. Rescuing and protecting dragon boat songs is also of positive significance to the protection and discovery of folk literature.
2. Classical literary value: In the lyrics of dragon boat songs, the Fu Bixing technique of poetry creation is widely used. Long-form lyrics are good at narrative and lyrical expressions, and often use exaggeration, irony, homophony, metaphors, and conjunctions as rhetorical techniques. The genres include fu, rhyme and other styles, with emphasis on rhyme. From all of these, it is not difficult to see that he drew a lot of qualities from classical literature. Protecting dragon boat songs is of practical significance to promoting the study of classical literature.
3. Folklore value: Dragon boat artists walking around the streets are most easily seen in major national festivals or various festive occasions, and their lyrics at this time often focus on Festive and auspicious. Therefore, dragon boat songs contain a lot of folklore information.
4. Musical value: The dragon boat song has a low and slightly tortuous tone, a short tone, high and ups and downs, and has a cathartic effect. Dragon Boat Song is another tune in Cantonese Opera. Protecting Dragon Boat Song is also beneficial to promoting the prosperity of Cantonese Opera.
However, as the value orientation of the younger generation changes nowadays, Dragon Boat Song has a shortage of successors. There are currently only four or five people in Shunde who know how to sing dragon boat songs, and there are no young people who have taken the initiative to learn the skills from teachers. It is urgent to take effective and feasible protection measures so that dragon boat songs can continue to be passed down.