On The Folk Culture Contained In Northern Shaanxi Folk Songs

Folk Song of Northern Shaanxi, which has a strong local flavor, is the crystallization of spirit, thoughts and emotions of native people. It is abundant of subject matter and its musical style is simple and plain. Folk Song of Northern Shaanxi is a civil art of spontaneous creation in the daily life and productive labor, which is performed timely and spread widely. Generally, local people can sing a few words more or less. All the emotions of people in Northern Shaanxi can be expressed in the songs, that is so-called "I can sing out whatever hold up in my mind". No matter work in the field, together with the friends or family, enjoy the "fire alarm", or walk after the animal on the long road, you can hear the stirring songs everywhere. Folk song of Northern Shaanxi is the true portrayal of the people living there, reflecting the local customs in northern Shaanxi, which contains a wealth of Northern Shaanxi folk culture.In various regions of our country, traditional festivals have special folk cultures, production and daily life have special folk custom, each family has its own tradition of teachings from our ancestors, Interpersonal relationships also have a certain customs and rituals. There is a wide variety of folk customs, which is an important basis for research of people’s living and production there. Folk song of Northern Shaanxi is with a wide range of subjects and content-rich. People often compare it to "Humanities encyclopedia of Northern Shaanxi". It is the description of people’s living condition in northern Shaanxi. It reflects the honest and true attitude to life of people there, which has a high value of art appreciation and contains a diversity of cultural values.Folk song of Northern Shaanxi has diverse genres, but it mainly divided into three categories:Labor brokerages,"Travel in the Sky" and Minor. These abundant genres have very distinct styles and musical features. They express the true nature of people in Northern Shaanxi exactly. Folk songs of Northern Shaanxi have a rich content; include astronomy and geography, labor and production, local conditions, love and marriage, social contradiction, interests in life and so on. This plenty content reflects the characteristics of folk culture and native life. It is a significant resource for the study of Northern culture. It is worth of further exploration and investigation owning to its deep relationship with culture in Northern Shaanxi.