Yu Guanying recommended: Ancient folk songs

Author: Hou Ming
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: Folk songs, a very broad concept. It is a form of oral literature created and passed down collectively by the masses, gradually improving in the process of transmission. It originated from labor and imitated the rhythm of labor, acquiring the rhythm of poetry. Ancient folk songs were generally accompanied by music, so they could be hummed, and according to the different dialects of various regions, they formed different tunes. This book is a selection of ancient folk songs. This book includes 193 ancient folk songs, with 62 selected from the Book of Songs, 54 from ancient Han and Wei Yuefu poems and ballads, 32 from 17 topics of Southern Dynasties folk songs, 24 from 10 topics of Northern Dynasties folk songs, 1 from Sui Dynasty ballads, 4 from the Tang Dynasty, 2 from the Song Dynasty, 2 from the Yuan Dynasty, 11 from the Ming Dynasty, and 1 from the Qing Dynasty. Each folk song is accompanied by a title explanation and annotations.