China Han folk songs can be divided into three categories according to their musical characteristics: chant, folk songs and minor.

1. Labor chant: carrying chant, engineering chant, farming chant, workshop chant, boat chant.

second, folk songs: herding folk songs, tianyang folk songs, general folk songs (Xintianyou, Huaer, Shanqu, Mountain Climbing Tune, Divine Songs)

third, minor tunes:

1. Minor tunes (Meng Jiangnv tune, flower tune, embroidered purse tune, cut indigo flower tune) evolved from folk songs in Ming and Qing Dynasties

.

3. Songs and dances (Hua Gutiao, Dengdiao, Lantern, Tea Picking, Yangko and Dry Boat Running)

Extended information:

Characteristics of folk songs

Folk song lyrics: reflecting all aspects of rural life, improvising, the lyrics are mainly seven words, and more words are used.

folk music: bold and clear. Widely used free extended tone and drawl. The combination of free prolongation with the calling interlinings at the beginning and end of the song forms a front cavity or a back cavity, which is a unique feature of folk songs.

singing form: solo is the majority, and there are duets, and several people sing together, sing in unison, lead the crowd and so on.