Xiping folk song

Name of Chinese national intangible cultural heritage: Xiping folk song

Applicant: Xixia County, Henan Province

Item No.: 579

Project No.: Ⅱ - 80

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: Traditional Music

Region: Henan Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Xixia County, Henan Province

Protection unit: Xixia people's Cultural Center

Xiping folk song introduction:

Applicant: Xixia County, Henan Province

Xiping folk song is a form of folk music created by Xiping people and handed down from generation to generation. Xiping town is located in the southwest edge of Xixia County, Nanyang City, Henan Province. Xiping folk songs are spread among 20 villages in this area, such as mujiaya, Xigang, dongguanzhuang, playground, Dehe, and have an impact on the area of Henan, Hubei and Shaanxi.

Xiping folk song originated from Han Dynasty, which has formed a unique folk song system in nearly two thousand years of history. Xiping folk songs include more than 30 tunes, such as Da Duihua, Xiao Duihua, peilang, LIULANG, new year's melody, Embroidered Purse, tea picking song, pomegranate fire, four or six sentences, etc., including nearly a thousand folk songs with various themes, such as labor songs, current political songs, ritual songs, love songs, Life songs, historical legends, etc. Xiping folk songs are mainly composed of real voices. The male voice is high pitched and simple, while the female voice is soft and mellow. They can express emotions, express things, and narrate. They are flexible and easy to spread.

Xiping folk songs have many singing forms, such as solo, duet, duet, chorus, etc. percussion music and instrumental music can be used as accompaniment, and they can also be sung without accompaniment. In addition, the combination of singing with stilts, sedan chair and other folk art forms is also one of the main characteristics of Xiping folk songs.

Xiping folk songs are smooth, lively and full of regional characteristics. They are an important part of many local art forms, such as Caiyun dance, tea picking and butterfly dance, sedan chair, stilts, bamboo horse and so on. They occupy an irreplaceable position in Xiping people's cultural life and can provide important reference for the study of folk art. His representative works include "I embroider velvet flowers in my room" and "batch of flower thread". At present, the vast majority of folk singers in Xiping town have reached the age of rare and can not continue to sing. Xiping folk songs have no successors and are on the verge of extinction, so they are in urgent need of protection and inheritance.