Nanyang has a splendid music culture in history, and folk songs are also particularly colorful, so there are? Music house? Known as. Nanyang folk songs mostly reflect labor, life, love and laborers' resistance to the old society, and have a strong flavor of simple life. Beautiful melody, smooth singing, flexible and diverse, easy to remember, learn and inherit, deeply loved by the masses.
Under the direct and strong influence of geography and topography, various folk songs first developed, such as folk songs, Tian Ge songs and labor songs, followed by lantern songs and minor tunes.
First, numbers. From west to east, Nanyang has four major water systems: Danjiang River, Baihe River, Tanghe River and Huaihe River, which has become a natural bridge to communicate land and water transportation between north and south. Under different conditions, boatmen have created their own complete sets of boat songs, such as Danjiang songs, Baihe songs and Tanghe songs. There are many songs in Danjiang, among which the famous songs are tug songs in Sheung Shui, paddle songs in the water, anchor songs in the bay, anchor songs, boat songs, slope songs, street songs and so on. Tanghe chant includes "shoulder pole chant", "swinging chant", "rocking chant" and "pulling chant". These trumpets either express the happiness of boatmen when the river is calm, or express the passionate scene of boatmen Qi Xin working together to fight the wind and waves when the river is stormy or entering the dangerous beach. Whether entering the water or launching, the boat broke down, and the anchors and poles were full of boatmen's songs, showing their perseverance, courage and diligence.
Second, Tian Ge folk songs. Nanyang folk songs are mostly distributed in Tongbai, Xixia, Xichuan and other mountainous areas. The lyrics are mostly five sentences with seven words each, all of which are pentatonic. However, Tongbai mountain songs are quite different from Xixia and Xichuan mountain songs in style: the former is high-pitched, straight and free; The latter is graceful and tactful, and the rhythm is regular. For example, the Tongbai Mountain song Pomegranate Blooms in Ye Er, Little Carp with Red Mouth and Gill, A Red Sun and Mountains, Singing Liu Bei and Selling Straw Shoes, etc. are all high-pitched and free rhythms. The use of lining words and throat vibrato in Tongbai Mountain songs is unique and thought-provoking. There are Xixia and Xichuan folk songs? Add stack? What did the masses say? Folk songs with rolling? It is even more unique. In addition to five folk songs, there are four lyrics, which are a genre of folk songs sung by the shepherds on the hillside, such as the duet of Tongbai and the folk song of Niulangwa in Xixia. Tian Ge is a folk song genre sung by farmers in farming activities such as driving water and hoeing fields. For example, Tongbai's "Mouth-Luo Tune", "Song of Driving Water" and Xichuan's "Fighting" and so on. The lead singer is lyrical and beautiful, the lead singer is full of enthusiasm, and the upper and lower sentence structures are freely repeated, which is quite a chant.
Third, lights and songs. In ancient Nanyang, there was a traditional habit of playing with lanterns. Lantern songs are widely spread in thirteen counties and cities, especially in Nanyang County (city), Zhenping and Xichuan. This part of folk songs is actually a form of folk song and dance that combines singing, dancing and music. There are mainly nine lotus lanterns, cloud dances, dry boats, stilts, cars, bamboo horses and so on. The song is called dry boat tune or bamboo horse tune. It is also their basic tone. In addition, many folk songs have been absorbed as light music, such as Ten Thoughts, Full Man, Double-decker Cuisine, Opening Doors, Fair, Selling Flat Food and so on. It is often used as a song card for dry boats and bamboo horses. In the town where lantern songs are popular, many people are good at writing songs and improvising, and the lyrics will be simple and humorous. The lantern songs in Nanyang are mostly pentatonic palaces and modes, and the rhythm is generally similar. However, due to the change of melody, the same tune is very different in color, for example, Nishikawa's "Miss Returning to My Family" and Zhenping's "Cart" are typical examples.
Fourth, minor. Minor is a school with the largest number in Nanyang, which not only has various forms, but also has a wide range of subjects. Some reflect the life of working people in the old society, such as Five Tables of Refugees Crying and Tears of the Poor; There are manifestations of the struggle between farmers and landlords, such as "following the leaders to conquer the world"; Some reflect the struggle of young men and women in the old society for freedom of marriage and liberation of personality, such as ten thoughts, ten hates, five watches and asking for dowry. Some reflect love life, such as "Send Cousin" and "Send Husband"; Some of them reflect the life interest of working people, such as The Lazy Wife Scolds Chicken, Wang Po Matchmaker, Aunt Wang Nails the Cylinder and Beats Eight Articles. Some reflect major revolutionary historical events, such as the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty, the October Anti-Japanese War, and the arrival of Japanese soldiers in our village. How many words were used? Four seasons? 、? Even? 、? Twelve months? Quantifiers are connected as clues to arrange different events, allusions or historical figures in a folk song, so that the whole song can be integrated.
With the development of history, Nanyang folk songs have disappeared, but also developed and changed. In the test of time and history, Nanyang folk songs have become a pearl in the treasure house of Chinese excellent music culture with their unique charm.