Southern Folk Songs.: Text Analysis And Impact Studies

The Yuefu folk songs of the Nan Dynasties arised from Jianye which is in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River , middle reaches of the Eugene area and along the Han River basin. So far a total of more than 400 of them are preserved which are all made into Yuefu Poetry edited by Guo Maoqian. Most of them belong to Qingshangquci which is divided into there categories : Wusheng songs,God Chord songs and Xiqu songs,while less than 10 of them belong to Zaqugeci and Zageyaoci. A majority of Yuefu folk songs of the Nan Dynasties are the touching songs of love ,which are different from Yuefu of the Han Dynasty and folk songs of the Bei Dynasty during the same period. Yuefu of the Han Dynasty is good at its description of the people's suffering while folk songs of the Bei Dynasty are mainly the description of northern ethnic characteristics. The reason is firmly related to the rise of metaphysics and the respect for Huanglao while the Southern ruling class also played a catalytic role when the South China's rapid economic development made the songs mainly for the city life which is pursuit of debauchery. The beautiful environment south of Yangtze River in which the Yuefu of the Nan Dynasties is rooted bring to its gorgeous characteristic. Compared whith Yuefu of the Han Dynasty and folk sons of the Bei Dynasty, the Yuefu of the Nan Dynasty is humdrum, but it successfully deals with the love involved in all aspects of life and display all the conditions that lovers may encounted and psychological character of the lovers as far as possible. The Yuefu of the Nan Dynasties is easily to be understood and thought about for its use of folk saysing and Puns. Its style is fresh and its lauguage is emotional. The Yuefu of the Nan Dynasty has had a significant influence on the Six Dynasties poetry writers and was still attracting the attention of scholars until the Tang Dynasty.