Research On Songs Of "Chinese Style"

In the condition of the impact of developed countries'cultures and sluggish market of native popular song, people increasingly hope to show the glamour of culture about Chinese nation since China has become stronger and stronger. Accordingly, many singer-composers such as Jay Chou, who paid their attention to the traditional culture together with some other foreign music styles (e.g. R&B, Rap), has received the favor from the public. The songs with"Chinese style"show beautiful melodies. Many rhetorical devices made the lyrics energetic, vigorous. These lyrics absorb many elements of antiquity culture. The"Chinese style"songs have obtained the unprecedented development opportunities under the support of government policy about culture and the disenchantment of national consciousness. They have received a strong sense of national identity and the promotion from the mainstream media since their educational function and the successions of traditional culture. However, we should realize that the"Chinese style"song is just the collage, as a production of mass culture, the phenomenon of homogenization is severe. In the case of the comparatively lower quality of the author, the traditional culture in our country can not be come down authentically.