Living And Singing:cultural Interpretation Of Changbai Mountains Forest Labor Song

Labor song is a kind of folk song genre that the working people sing in order to cooperate with each other in their labor.It is produced in collective labor,different collective labor has produced different categories of labor song.Changbai mountains labor song is the general name of a kind of labor song produced in the process of wood cutting and transportation and circulated in the forest region of Changbai mountains.It is an intangible cultural heritage created by the Chinese nation in the extremely difficult environment.It is of great significance to sorting and excavating this intangible cultural heritage for preserving Chinese traditional folk music,recalling the precious cultural memory of the Chinese nation,and revealing the formation process of folk music culture in northeast China.This paper takes the Changbai mountains labor song as the research object,in order to further reveals the impact and significance of human livelihood and labor on human singing behavior,through the methods of literature review,participation and observation,in-depth interview and film shooting,explains the behavior of the singing subject of the Changbai mountains labor song in Changbai mountains forest region,the spatial and temporal distribution and inheritance mechanism of Changbai mountains labor song in Changbai mountains forest region,the function and value of the Changbai mountains labor song in Changbai mountains forest region.The basic framework of this paper is as follows:introduction,body and conclusion.The first chapter mainly focuses on the livelihood activities by logging and human singing behavior,and elaborates the significance of the topic selection,research purpose,research trends,research content,research methods and research ideas.The second chapter mainly expounds the inflow of livelihood immigrants and the formation of the Changbai mountains labor song.Since the late Qing Dynasty,the natural and man-made disasters inside of the Shanhaiguan Pass and the Korean peninsula,a large number of bankrupt farmers,regardless of the "ban" imposed by the Qing Dynasty,poured into the Changbai mountains to seek survival.Some of them chose logging and wood moving as their means of livelihood,which gave rise to the Changbai mountains labor song.The folk music culture brought by different immigrant groups has influenced the formation of the Changbai mountains labor song.The Changbai mountains labor song was carried by different identities of people who were the main carrying body,widely spread in Changbai mountains forest region along the rivers,railways and the major wood depot.The third chapter elaborates the species and form of Changbai mountains labor song.This chapter analyzes the deep influence of different labor modes on the musical structure,intensity,rhythm,melody and other musical elements in the production process of "logging operation","material transportation operation" and"storage operation" on the musical elements in the forest area of Changbai mountains,and then explains the deep connection between the livelihood labor and the musical form of the forest area.The fourth chapter explains the function and value of Changbai mountains labor song.That is to say,the Changbai mountains labor song plays the functions of stimulating power,relieving fatigue,information transmission and marking role in the process of labor.At the same time,it expounds the social value and cultural value contained in the forest area of Changbai mountains.It shows the spirit of unremitting self-improvement,promotes the inter-ethnic integration of the forest region of Changbai mountains,and promotes the development of China’s national folk music.The fifth chapter expounds the future trend of Changbai mountains labor song.With the development of science and technology,mechanical arm force gradually replaced human power,and the number of spread and distributed of Changbai mountains labor song continued to decrease,until the logging in the Changbai mountains forest region was totally stopped,and Changbai mountains labor song were subsequently submerged.How to protect and inherit the Changbai mountains labor song has become a topic in the future.Changbai mountains labor song has met the multiple needs of people under different labor conditions with its various functions,which led to the immigrants from the Korean and Han dynasties to form an inseparable bond with it.It become a part of the livelihood culture in the Changbai mountains area.As a musical symbol integrating different ethnic cultural elements,it carries the common historical memory of Han and Korean ethnic groups.It can arouse the feelings of family and country of every Han and Korean ethnic group member,promoting the inter-ethnic integration of the forest region of Changbai mountains and promoting the process of the integration of the Chinese nation.It shows the spiritual pursuit of the immigrant group,"the more difficult the situation is,the stronger the will is",which provides a spiritual guarantee for the transformation and development of forestry in Changbai mountains and the economic revitalization of northeast China.