Tibetan folk songs are divided into Lu style folk songs and harmonious style folk songs. "Lu" and "Xie" are respectively Lu style folk songs and harmonious style folk songs.

1. Content:

1. Lu style folk songs:

"Lu style" folk songs are divided into "Lalu" - folk songs and "Zhuolu" "--pastoral. Literati poetry is the same as "Lu style" folk songs. Tibetan Buddhist scriptures "Tsolu" are also similar to "Lu style" folk songs.

2. Harmonious folk songs:

"Xie Qing" (carols sung exclusively at ceremonies and ceremonies); "Le Xie" (a song about labor); "Guo Xie" ( Circle dance); "Da Xie" (arrow song); "Re Xie" (songs sung with bells and drums); "Youcang Xie" (drinking song), etc.

2. Characteristics:

1. Lu-style folk songs:

Lu-style folk songs generally have several paragraphs in each song, with three paragraphs as the typical structure. Each paragraph can range from two or three sentences to as many as ten sentences, with two to five sentences being the most common. The syllables in each sentence are generally equal, and the most common sentences are seven or eight syllables. There is a contrasting relationship between the paragraphs of each song and between the opposite sentences in the paragraphs in terms of conception, wording and rhythmic pauses.

2. Harmonic folk songs:

Generally, there are four sentences to one, each sentence has six syllables, one pause for every two syllables, and three pauses for one sentence. Regardless of rhyme, each poem has six or eight sentences, and each sentence has six syllables and three beats. Some are metaphors throughout, while others are explicit throughout. There are also metaphors in the first two sentences and metaphors in the last two sentences, or metaphors in the first two sentences.

Extended information

Tibetan folk songs are full of emotions, with a wide range of themes, rich content and diverse forms. There are folk songs, playing and singing, Huaer, Lai (folk songs) with different regional characteristics. Lu style folk songs are mainly popular in the original Xikang and northern Tibetan Plateau and other places. The most common ones are 4 or 8 sentences, and the ones with more can reach more than 20 sentences each. Among them, generally speaking, the syllables of each sentence are equal and the melody is slow.

This kind of metrical poetry has many records in the ancient Tibetan historical materials discovered in Dunhuang, and it was very popular in the 9th century. In Tibetan literary works, this rhythm is generally valued and widely used.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Tibetan Folk Songs