Study On The Main Types And Singing Characteristics Of Yao Folk Songs In Lanshan

Yao folk song in Lanshan is the most distinctive art form among the ethnic minorities in southern China.It is rooted in all aspects of the life of the Yao people in Lanshan.Being short,concise and easy to understand,it is deeply loved by the Yao people in Lanshan and is the best way for people to amuse themselves,spread culture and vent their emotions.The folk songs of Lanshan Yao nationality convey its history,thoughts and civilization with rich content and pluralistic forms and have historical,humanistic and artistic features.It is not only the spiritual support of the Yao people in their daily life,but also their ancient traditional culture.In thousands of years of continuous growth and prosperity,it has become a representative business card of Yao culture in Lanshan.Yao nationality in Lanshan is a typical mountain nationality,"living by the dangerous mountain" for a long time.The difficult living environment has shaped the Lanshan Yao folk song's straightforward character,from the rugged and high-pitched folk songs to the delicate minor.The Lanshan Yao folk songs have a long history and is closely related to the folk life of the Yao people.In their long-term laboring,they used songs to help them work and relax.They communicated with the gods and prayed for protection through singing in religious rituals,expressed their feelings and educated posterity with songs in their folk activities.In the struggle against oppression and evil forces,they used songs to boost morale and establish the national spirit.The dual needs of the material life and spiritual world of the ancestors of the Yao nationality in Lanshan have created rich content and diverse genres of their folk songs.Lanshan Yao folk songs are divided into labor songs,narrative songs,love songs,life songs,political songs and ritual songs according to different themes,which reflect the historical origin and social struggle of the Yao nationality,their labor production,marriage and funeral,and entertaining life scenes.It is also the refraction and display of the Yao people's attitude towards the current politics.Generalizing from the folk song history,it can be divided into traditional folk songs and new folk songs.The traditional folk song refers to the Yao folk song created by the Yao people and sung from generation to generation.It has traditional singing forms and methods.On the basis of traditional folk songs,the new folk songs used new artistic creation techniques thus added new forms and contents.On the genre classification of songs,it can be divided into four categories: Jiangge,Lafa,Zhongliu,le Lale,which are monophonic texture with simple tunes,mainly featuring in modes of Gong and Zhi.Lanshan Yao folk songs rhythm is free,with small melody line fluctuation.It is a narrow range generally within six degrees,mainly in smooth conjunct and three degree-based progressive melodic intervals.Lanshan Yao folk songs have typical minority artistic characteristics in singing,and they have formed a variety of singing forms,such as solo,duet,and one-to-many,in the long-term social practice.According to different occasions,the Yao people in Lanshan use direct oral dialects,treble singing,flat singing and other singing methods for impromptu singing and creation.The broad voice and simple tunes express the frank and simple national personality and positive attitude of the Yao people in Lanshan,and also show the strong national characteristics and wild beauty of the folk songs of the Yao nationality in Lanshan.