The pinyin of Hongge is hānggē.
Hang Ge, pinyin hāng gē, means a song in which one person leads the singing and everyone sings together during the tamping process.
Tamping songs are produced along with labor, and tamping tools also have different styles due to the changes of the times and the scale of work. They are mainly divided into two categories: wooden tampers and stone tampers. Wooden rammers use solid and heavy tea wood, jujube wood, and Tochi wood as raw materials. There are three main types of wooden rammers: rod rammers, hammer rammers, and column rammers. Stone ram, people are accustomed to call it "I". There are three main types: lifting ramming, flying ramming and sky ramming.
Due to regional differences, Lizhou Bangge has different musical styles, basically forming four major schools: Gaoshan tune, Huaqiu tune, Pingyuan tune and Huxiang tune.
Features of Bangge:
Lizhou Bangge is rich in content and can be roughly divided into two categories: narrative and lyrical. The narrative category is mainly based on some traditional opera arias. In the lyrical category, you can express yourself freely and sing as you please.
Singing masters can generally compose and sing on the fly, and their words are humorous and engaging, which is perfect for mobilizing everyone's enthusiasm for work. It has various musical forms and the lyrics require rhyme.
Lizhou Bangge has various forms and is widely spread. It is mainly sung orally and does not require the coordination of other instruments. The melody is simple and beautiful, catchy and easy to remember and learn. The lyrics mostly use Bixing techniques, which are not only simple and simple, but also humorous, thought-provoking and fascinating. In other places, it draws lessons from folk songs, folk arts, drama and other artistic forms to enhance its expressive power. However, its inheritance is loose and there is no strict teacher-teacher relationship. Most of them focus on mutual learning in practice.