The best folk songs in China are "In That Distant Place", "Kangding Love Song", "Walking to the West Exit", "Jasmine", and "Sandandum Blossoms Red and Gorgeous".
1. "In That Distant Place"
"In That Distant Place" is a folk song composed by Wang Luobin. It is the episode of the movie "Spring in a Small Town", 1994 In 2016, Wang Luobin won the UNESCO Special Contribution Award for East-West Cultural Exchange with this song. This song is Wang Luobin’s most cherished song and the song with the highest artistic evaluation among Wang Luobin’s songs. It has been praised as “a treasure in art and a crown jewel”. "Pearl".
2. "Kangding Love Song"
"Kangding Love Song" is also called "Horse Racing Mountain". It is a representative traditional folk song in the original Xikang area. It was arranged by Wu Wenji and Jiang Dingxian , sung by Yu Yixuan in Nanjing on April 19, 1947. Since then, "Kangding Love Song" has spread throughout the country, and has become famous overseas, and is loved by people from all over the world.
3. "Going to the West Exit"
"Going to the West Exit" is a local folk song in Shanxi. It is said that it has been circulating for one or two hundred years. This song can be sung not only by people in Shanxi, but also in neighboring Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi, and even further afield in Ningxia, Qinghai, and Gansu. There is an old saying in China called "Ten miles with different sounds", which means that folk songs have strong regional characteristics. The reason why people in many places in the northwest can sing "Go to the West Exit".
4. "Jasmine"
"Jasmine" is a song originally sung by the Frontline Song and Dance Ensemble. It was adapted from the Chinese folk song "Flower Flower Tune" by He Fang and was first released as a single in 1957. . In 2009, Yancheng Institute of Technology won the second prize in the general category of the art performance program of China's Second College Student Art Exhibition with this song.
5. "The Flowers of Shandandan Are Blooming Red and Gorgeous"
"The Flowers of Shandandan are Blooming Red and Gorgeous" were written by Li Ruobing, Guan Heyan, Xu Suo and Feng Fukuan, and composed by Liu Feng. The original soloist is Yun Enfeng was later sung by many artists, especially the 1970s singer Zhu Fengbo's version, which was widely circulated. This song was the ending theme song of the large-scale TV series "Ode to Yan'an" filmed by CCTV in 2003.