1. Folk songs of ethnic minorities

In some ethnic groups in my country, there are folk songs that sing historical poems, such as "Mei Ge" of the Yi people, "Ancient Songs" of the Miao people, and "Old Songs" of the Yao people. "Panwang Song", Hani people's "Creation Song", Jingpo people's "Munaozhaiwa", Dulong people's "Creation", etc.

2. Labor chants

Labor chants are folk songs produced and used in labor, which have the practical function of coordinating and directing labor. During the labor process, especially labor with strong collective collaboration, workers often shout or shout in order to unify the pace, regulate breathing, and release the pressure of the body's weight.

3. Folk songs

Folk songs are a type of folk songs for working people to freely express their emotions. The most common contents in traditional folk songs are love and suffering. Folk songs are often sung outdoors. The tunes are often high-pitched and loud, the rhythms are free and long, and the lyrics are mostly improvised.

Extended information:

Folk songs are songs composed and sung by working people in their lives and labor. It survives among the people in the form of oral creation and oral transmission, and in the process of dissemination, it is constantly undergoing collective selection, transformation, processing and refinement by the people.

Therefore, the folk songs that have been passed down to this day gather the collective wisdom, emotional experience and emotional expression of music and art of people from different periods, different regions, different identities, and different experiences.

Social functions

In addition to the entertainment function, folk songs also have the following social functions:

Education and inheritance

Some ethnic minorities in our country circulate folk songs that sing long narrative poems and historical poems, which record the origin of mankind, the development and changes of the nation, heroic epics, production and life, etiquette knowledge, etc.

Life Rites

In the four important stages of life: birth, adulthood, marriage and death, folk songs often accompany ceremonial activities and become an important procedure.

Sacrifice and exorcism

Some ethnic groups often sing during sacrifices and exorcism ceremonies hosted by wizards and goddesses.

Love communication

Including love, communication, greetings and battles of wits, etc., it is often sung in traditional singing festivals or in daily life.

Expressing the Voice

Folk songs are the spokesperson for the voice of the working people. Many traditional folk songs express the people’s resistance to the unreasonable system of the old era.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Folk Songs