Folk songs are popular folk songs with rich national color, called ballads or folk songs. Folk songs have a long history, so their authors are mostly unknown. Folk songs are rich in content, including religion, love, war, work, drinking, dancing and music, festivals, etc. Folk songs express the feelings and customs of a nation, so each has its own unique scale and emotional style.

For example, the exuberance of French folk songs, the enthusiasm of Italian folk songs, the simplicity of British folk songs, the sorrow and indignation of Japanese folk songs, the wild and unrestrained Spanish folk songs, and the lingering pathos of Chinese folk songs all express strong national temperament and color.

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Chinese folk songs

Chinese folk songs are not a musicological definition, but more inclined to a sociological definition. It can be roughly considered that folk music is pop music, or commercial music. It is a musical work that is widely spread among the people and has entertainment and commercial properties as its main characteristics. It is different from musical works created for the purpose of pursuing elegant artistic experience and limited to groups with certain musical accomplishments.

The characteristics of folk songs determine its wide audience, and also allows many people to fully enjoy the wonderful experience brought by music without any knowledge of music theory, so it can be widely disseminated. This is also the advantage of folk songs.

Campus ballads

Campus ballads, as the name suggests, are creations that are widely loved by students and popular on campus, reflecting campus life and students’ mood or feelings. They may also be called “campus ballads” , "Modern Folk Songs", "Yuefu Folk Customs" and so on. Campus folk songs are full of vitality, full of campus flavor, without pretense, and are completely outspoken expressions of temperament. They sound very touching.

It vividly reflects the life of young students, showing their vigor, youthful vitality and their poetic and romantic atmosphere. Generally speaking, its music style is simple, lively, positive and full of vitality. , deeply loved and sung by people. Campus folk songs are a special phenomenon in the field of music.

Its emergence is related to the popularity of mainland original music and the influence of foreign music. Among the influences of foreign music, Taiwanese campus songs have the most direct and far-reaching influence; among mainland original music, rock music (represented by Cui Jian) ??has promoted the production of campus songs. In addition, European and American pop music and Chinese folk music have a certain influence on the generation of campus folk songs.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Folk Ballads