Qianjiang folk song

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Qianjiang folk songs

Applicant: Qianjiang City, Hubei Province

Item No.: 581

Project No.: Ⅱ - 82

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: Traditional Music

Region: Hubei Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Qianjiang City, Hubei Province

Protection unit: Qianjiang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center

About Qianjiang folk songs:

Applicant: Qianjiang City, Hubei Province

Qianjiang folk song is one of the typical representatives of Chu songs, which is mainly popular in Qianjiang City in central and southern Hubei Province. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, Qianjiang folk songs belonged to the system of Zhounan, which ranked first among the 15 countries and was the main body of elegant music and Yan music. During the Warring States period, Yang (Yang) a in Qu Yuan's and Song Yu's works was also Qianjiang folk songs. The songs of "being besieged on all sides" in the Chu Han war were Qianjiang's "Jiming song"; the songs of "Chu" in the Han Dynasty, which was called "Yan", and the songs of "Xi" in the Wei and Jin Dynasties Qianjiang folk songs are an indispensable part of "Quge".

Qianjiang folk songs are closely related to agricultural labor, which can be divided into two different types due to the differences of labor areas, showing a distribution pattern of "two pieces and one line". The first one is paddy field area, and its folk songs mainly include planting Yangko, Cheshui gongs and drums, wo Haozi, Zuobei drum, ditiao and children's songs; the second one is near the riverbank area, and its folk songs include weeding song, daimai song and ditiao, and the most prominent ones are all kinds of Wo Haozi and carrying Haozi; "Yixian" refers to a line running through Baitian district to the east of Qianjiang River The main types of folk songs are weeding songs, huagezi songs, daimaige songs, ditty songs and children's songs. In addition, there are many revolutionary historical folk songs, which spread throughout Qianjiang.

Qianjiang folk music is mainly composed of Zheng mode, most of which belong to the ancient "three tone series" folk songs of Chu state. The commonly used four forms are Zheng three tone series (1,5,2), Gong three tone series (3,1,6), Yu three tone series (1,6,3) and twin three tone series (6,5,2). They permeate each other and make Qianjiang folk music more colorful. The representative works of Qianjiang folk songs include counting toads, Shixu shoes and Cui DongCui.

Qianjiang folk songs are of great significance in the study of traditional music. The Yangyang song, which is named after the ancient river Yangshui in Qianjiang, takes Jiming song as a typical representative, and has the aesthetic characteristics of Chu style and Chu rhyme. It sings in the form of Ben (sound) and Bian (sound). The melody jumps up to more than 15 degrees, so it is very difficult to sing. Among them, the song of weeding has a high and beautiful melody, rich in the simple pastoral flavor of Jianghan Plain. Due to various reasons, the social atmosphere of singing Qianjiang folk songs is disappearing, which leads to this ancient folk song form in a critical situation and is in urgent need of rescue.