What are the characteristics of folk songs in Xingning, Guangdong?

Xingning city folk songs include Luogang folk songs, Shima folk songs and Shuikou folk songs. It is characterized by Shima folk song "New Embroidered Pouch with Two Sides Red", which is humorous, with a cavity-plate feather mode and obvious singing characteristics. Xingning city Hakka folk songs are deeply loved by the masses and have local characteristics. It not only contains the charm of Central Plains music, but also reveals the characteristics of Lingnan local music. Most of them are high-pitched, with free rhythm, and the folk songs are rich in flavor and quite interesting. Hakka folk songs are folk songs sung in Hakka dialect. It inherited the traditional style in The Book of Songs, was deeply influenced by the rhythm of Tang poetry and Zhi Zhu's ci, and absorbed the excellent elements of southern folk songs in China. It has been widely circulated for thousands of years and has been sung for a long time.

There are several reasons for the emergence and popularity of Hakka folk songs in Xingning:

1. Xingning is located in Xingning Basin, and its daily life is related to mountains. Moreover, the Hakka custom is that men and women also engage in various businesses in the mountains. Working in the mountains for a long time, I expect men and women to talk to each other, and folk songs are rhyming words, which can express their feelings better than ordinary language. Such as: "when you enter the mountain, you see vines wrapped around trees; When you leave this mountain, you will see trees wrapped around vines; If a tree dies, the vine will haunt it, and so will the vine. "With the specific image of Brawly entangled in the mountains and inseparable from death, it is a metaphor for the noble feelings and strong will of a pair of lovers who are faithful to love and fall in love with life and death. Songs not only depict vivid images, but also contain feelings in scenes, conveying feelings through scenes, forming a harmonious, fresh and beautiful artistic conception.

Secondly, because the Hakkas in Xingning live in mountainous areas and work hard, once they arrive in the mountains or Haranoya, they can't help but be elated and want to sing some songs to vent their emotions. For example, "my brother was surprised to see my sister carrying 123;" I want to know how much I can share with you, but I dare not speak when I see too many people. "The song tells the story of Hakka girls who are hardworking and capable, and have traveled long distances with a load of twenty or thirty pounds, which makes men feel surprised and distressed. At the same time, it depicts in detail the complex mood of young men who are both concerned about their lovers and shy.

Thirdly, in the old society, because there were no other complete and universal forms of mass entertainment, the usually repressed feelings could not be properly vented, and singing folk songs was a form of mass entertainment, so men and women generally loved it.

Fourth, in Hakka society, the old ethical code is strictly bound. Usually, in families or rural areas, strict boundaries are maintained between men and women. Apart from the relationship between husband and wife, there are very few social activities between men and women. Even between husband and wife, there are few easy life programs. Because I am too strict at home, I seem to be liberated when I go to the mountains, and I will naturally sing folk songs. Such as: "the new big house and four squares make the upper class and the lower class;" I made three rooms and three sets and asked my sister if she loved the gallery (Lang). "

Folk songs test lovers' meaning through Hakka's housing structure, which is implicit, appropriate and vivid. The listener seems to see a simple and honest young man eager to know the girl's mind, so he uses the techniques of "Lang" and "Lang" to skillfully and tactfully test his beloved girl with material metaphor.

I don't know when Hakka folk songs began to appear in Xingning, but they are very popular in Xingning now. From 100-year-old old ladies to 3-year-old children, they are all listening to Hakka folk songs. Even today's young people don't forget to hum a few words often, which has gradually become an indispensable entertainment for Xingning people, especially the folk song pavilion in Xingning Cultural Square. No matter whether it is cold or hot, there are some every day.