Folk songs are created by working people in the process of labor. After decades and hundreds of years of precipitation, they finally condensed into the crystallization of the wisdom of workers. Although the form of folk songs is short, it is very concise. You will find that whether you add a note or subtract a note, it is superfluous. Folk songs have been sung by people for so many years, and their vitality cannot be ignored!

Music creation itself is a collision of wisdom and inspiration. Excellent works will not be created without one of the two. There are many forms of music creation, and not all folk songs are created. There are symphonies, concertos, instrumental solos, art songs, etc...

The most fundamental difference between music creation and folk songs is that folk songs are the natural expression of the true feelings of workers. It is not the conscious creation of workers; music creation is the conscious and purposeful creative activity of music creators. If the emergence of folk songs is accidental, then the works created by music are inevitable.

First, it has the most direct and closest connection with the people’s social life

The authors of folk songs are the people. They created it in order to express their lives, express their feelings, and express their will and wishes during their long-term labor and life practice. In the past, working people were deprived of the right to master culture and were illiterate, let alone music. However, they composed and sang their own songs by word of mouth to meet the needs of life. For example, "The Hardship of Long-Term Workers" and "The Difficulty of Recruiting Workers" express the tragic feelings of long-term workers who suffered from fraud and oppression; "Embroidered Purse" expresses the girl's yearning for her lover and her longing for a happy life; "Hao Zi", etc., show the heroic spirit of workers in their struggle against nature; "Flower Toad", "Dongsi Niang", etc., sing out the innocent character of children during their games. But "there are fake poets, but there are no fake folk songs" (Ming Dynasty, Feng Menglong). The thoughts and feelings of the people expressed in folk songs are the most real and profound.

Second, folk songs are gradually formed and developed through extensive mass improvisation and oral singing. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of countless people

The creation process, singing process and spreading process of folk songs are integrated into one. Improvisation occurs in the process of singing, and singing and spreading occur in the process of compilation. Of course, the creation and development process of traditional folk songs is slow and spontaneous.

Third. The music form is simple, simple, approachable, lively and flexible.

The musical form of folk songs is short and concise. Most of them use segments as the basic structural unit. The structural form of a single segment repeated to form a segmented song occupies a large proportion in folk songs. The musical materials and expressions of folk songs The techniques are very economical and refined. The tones of folk songs mostly have a strong local flavor and local color. They are closely integrated with dialect pronunciation. The musical performance is very life-like, the form is flexible and vivid, and there is no fixed rhythm. Good at change. Have strong adaptability to various contents, lyrics, singing occasions and conditions.