The folk song of the Yao people is a folk song of the Yao people widely circulated in Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, Shaoguan City. The Yao language is called "Saihua Bing", which is translated into Chinese as "the language of flowers". It is the Yao people who pass the mountains to convey information. , a second language for mutual communication. The folk songs of Guoshan Yao who live all over the world have roughly the same tone, but the folk songs of Ruyuan Guoshan Yao have higher pitch and longer, which are shouting style folk songs. Ruyuan Yao people's folk songs can be divided into two types, one is chanting songs, and the other is shouting songs. chanting songs are used when leading and teaching in a low voice, and shouting songs are used to shout and sing in the distance. The folk songs of the Yao people have become the most complete treasure trove of knowledge for future generations to conduct research and exchanges on the history and culture of the Yao people in Guoshan.

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The Yao people are a nation that can sing. Qu Dajun, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem: "The most popular songs among Yao customs are that men and women are mixed together, and they can sing a hundred harmonies." From the perspective of tunes, Yao music has various tunes, including joy, anger, sadness and joy. According to preliminary understanding, there are no less than 20 kinds of music tunes of the Yao people across the country. For example, there are eight songs in Mian Yao's "Pan Wang Da Ge", namely "Three Feng Xian Song", "Three Deep Songs", "Lotus Leaf Cup Song", "Nanhua Song", "Feijiang Nan Song", "Ya Liu" "Qu", "Niujiaojianqu", "Jiaxianqu", etc.; Lajiayao's "Xiangli Song" and "Shigong Tune"; Ping Diyao's "Yohai Song" and "Abolie Song"; Bunu Yao's "Drinking Song", "Sanwang Song" and Ao Yao's "Loud Song" are too numerous to mention. These tunes have national and local characteristics. Many ballads are named after their lyrics. Among them, "Drinking Song", "Butterfly Song", "Lafa Song" and "Xiangli Song" are the most famous.

"Drinking Song", the melody is rough, high-pitched, rich, short, concise and powerful, which brings people uplifting spirit. "Butterfly Song" is a female duet song with rich lyrics, strong and weak rhythm, and rich rhythm. After 1949, Yao folk singers often used it for stage performances, which was loved by the audience and highly praised by music experts. "Lafa Song" is a two-part song. The melody is characterized by gracefulness, lyricism, softness and gentleness.

Let the audience feel like strings of pearls falling on a jade plate. "Xiang Chao Song" can be divided into singing tunes and shouting tunes. The singing tone is soft, melodious and sweet; the shouting tone is high-pitched and unrestrained, often echoing the echo of Yaoshan Mountain. "Sing Loud", with a solemn and heavy melody, is a song for collective sacrifice. Sometimes dozens or even hundreds of people sing in chorus, which can be overwhelming. At the same time, the excitement of the Yao dance music that echoes it is also particularly outstanding.