What are the folk songs in Taiwan Province Province?

Taiwan Province folk songs have accompanied generations through their youth, youth, confusion and indifference. This is probably the charm of folk songs. With the passage of time, it has always maintained the power of touching people's hearts. Taiwan Province folk songs have the local customs of Taiwan Province Province, and there are many kinds of songs. So, what are the folk songs in Taiwan Province Province? What are the characteristics of Taiwan Province folk songs? Let's take a look with Bian Xiao. Brief Introduction of Folk Songs in Taiwan Province Province

Taiwan Province folk songs were introduced into Taiwan Province Province with Minnan immigrants at the beginning of16th century. It can be roughly divided into nursery rhymes, love songs, labor songs, life songs, stories and legends songs, custom songs, exhortation songs and begging songs.

The music culture of Taiwan Province Province, except folk songs, has the characteristics of local music, and the music of the Han nationality was transplanted from the mainland. However, due to the influence of local language, customs, geographical environment, social background, humanistic characteristics and land feelings for more than 300 years, music with unique local style has been bred through continuous growth, regeneration and evolution.

The Development of Folk Songs in Taiwan Province

Before the Kuomintang moved to Taiwan, the Fulao people accounted for about 75% of Taiwan's population, and more people spoke Taiwanese. Because the Fulao people are the overwhelming majority, their folk music connotation is quite rich and colorful, and the Fulao folk songs sung in Taiwanese naturally become the biggest mainstream and focus of Taiwan Province folk songs. The "Taiwan Province folk songs" referred to by the people are generally aimed at the "Fu Lao folk songs".

It is worth mentioning that it was written before and after the recovery of Taiwan, and it is unforgettable to create local folk songs. Such as Looking at the Spring Breeze, rainy night flower, Pastoral Songs and Bai Mudan before the recovery, Patching the Broken Net, Barbecued Pork Bag, Anping Commemorative Song and Goldfish at the Bottom of the Cup after the recovery. These time-tested ancient songs not only have strong local traditional music, but also reflect the feelings of Taiwan Province compatriots who love the Chinese nation. They can also tell the feelings of their children's affair in the era of conservative folk customs, which makes people never tire of listening to them. Singing these songs every time is like drinking wine and can't stop. These ballads with folk style are not allowed to be included in the so-called "forest of folk songs" because they all have authors. In fact, it doesn't matter whether it can be called folk songs or not. What is important is that they are deeply rooted in the hearts of ordinary people, and even authentic folk songs may be far behind. This is why these tasteful and standard songs are often regarded as "Taiwan Province folk songs", so we can call them "quasi-folk songs" here.

Three Characteristics of Taiwan Province Folk Songs

1, Taiwan Province Style: It must be accompanied by the local temperament and traditional spirit of Taiwan Province Province.

2. Folklore: It must be the collective creation of the people, which has been circulated among the people for a long time and follows the facts.

3. Ballad: It must be a song that can be sung or a ballad that can be recited, excluding music that is only used for performance.

Types of Taiwan Province Folk Songs

1. Labor songs can be divided into narrow sense and broad sense. In a narrow sense, it refers to the chant, which is characterized by its strong rhythm in coordination with labor movements and has a direct role in promoting labor. Broadly speaking, it includes songs sung in labor, such as grassland pastoral songs and tea-picking songs. The latter kind of songs, some of which are also sung in coordination with the labor movement, can generally play a certain role in encouraging and regulating emotions, but there is no obvious strong rhythm in coordination with the labor movement. Labor songs in a broad sense can sometimes be classified as life songs.

2. Ritual songs are sung together with folk ceremonies, such as New Year prayers, celebrating disasters, offering sacrifices to ancestors, and daily custom activities, such as welcoming relatives and seeing friends off. There are three kinds of songs: tactical songs, ritual songs and custom songs. Tactical songs are folk songs and incantations that are considered to have magical effects, such as "Yellow Emperor, Yellow Emperor, there is a crying yelang in my house, and the gentleman passing by sings three times and sleeps until dawn". Ritual songs are songs sung in combination with festivals, celebrations and other sacrificial ceremonies. The main content is to worship the gods and pray for a bumper harvest. For example, the song of blessing sung by Kitchen God and the song of praying for rain sung by Dragon God. Folk songs are used in wedding, birth, birthday, funeral, building and other welcoming occasions, such as accounting songs, crying wedding songs, building songs, toasting songs and so on. This is a part of ritual songs with more quantity, less superstition and higher literary value.

3. Political songs mainly reflect people's understanding and attitude towards certain political events and figures. It has high literature value. In ancient China, many political ballads appeared in the form of nursery rhymes, and their written records were mostly found in the Five Elements Records of historical books of past dynasties. Political ballads can be roughly divided into three categories: ① Exposing ballads satirizing rulers, with the largest number of such works; (2) Songs praising the patriotism of honest officials; (3) The songs of peasant uprisings in past dynasties reflect the most full awakening of peasants and the strongest political color.

Life songs reflect all aspects of people's general social life, family life and daily work life, especially the lives of farmers and women. Farmers' life songs reflect the inhuman life of farmers in the old society and expose the cruel exploitation and greed of landlords. The popular song "Long-term Workers in December" reflects the sharp contradiction between long-term workers and landlords. The songs of women's life are mostly from the mouth of folk women. Women are discriminated against from birth and married like commodities; From the life of a battered daughter-in-law to the miserable life experience of being a woman without happiness, it is all reflected in the life songs of women. In a large number of bitter love songs, there is often a yearning for a happy life. In the modern ballads after the rise of capitalism, there are often strong voices against the times.

According to some scholars, love songs may have originated from the alternation of monogamy between husband and wife's marriage and husband's life. They are the most numerous and widely circulated folk songs, and occupy a very important position in the love life of working people, especially ethnic minorities. It can be roughly divided into the following categories: ① those who confide in each other's love and show the criteria of mate selection, such as "silk thread approaches the bridge" and "gold and silver are unhappy"; and (2) those who express their feelings of parting, such as "you are in the picture" and "harmony is one person". (3) Express faithful love that will never be separated, such as "I would rather be beaten than lose my job" and "Go out to the yamen and hold hands". (4) Complaining love songs warning criticism, such as: "Learn from amaranth, never learn from pepper" and "Miss Lang lost her heart". ⑤ A large number of derailed songs, such as "Home flowers are not as good as wild flowers", although they contain some unhealthy thoughts and feelings, often show the yearning and pursuit of a happy life for people deprived of a normal love life.

What are the folk songs in Taiwan Province Province?

1, Dark Sky: 1968 15 years old, Teresa Teng released a Taiwanese folk song "Lost Copper". The tracks in the album are all covered by Teresa Teng, and Dark Sky is one of the nursery rhymes.

2. Song of Niu Li: written by Xu, composed by Lin Qiuluan, a natural folk song from Taiwan Province Province, a native of Daxi, Taoyuan, Taiwan Province Province, a singer and variety show host from Taiwan Province Province.

3. Think Up: Think Up is one of the folk songs that spread in the southern peninsula of Taiwan Province Province. Among the five main themes of Hengchun folk songs, it is the most familiar from all walks of life in Taiwan Province Province. It can be said that it is the representative ballad of Hengchun and a precious local folk literature.

4. copper-missing boy: "copper-missing boy", also known as copper-missing boy, copper-missing boy or director-missing boy. It is a children's song (folk song) popular in Fujian and Yilan County, Taiwan. The style belongs to the nursery rhymes of Han nationality in Taiwan Province Province, also known as "Yilan tune". Children's ballads describe an old-fashioned train crossing a tunnel and falling into the water at the top of the road.