The Appreciation and Exploration of the Folk Songs in Han Shui

Han Shui folk song,the treasure of China folk art,has an extremely long history.It emerged in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties and has greatly been influenced by the Guanzhong(middle part of Shaanxi province),Hunan and Hubei folk songs.Han shui folk song has numerous forms and rich contents.It falls roughly into four kinds:work,life,love and ritual songs.Work folk songs include songs sung during work and ones sung in mountain areas;Life folk songs include the songs denouncing class exploitation,resisting the darkness of the societies and unmasking the feudal ethical codes;Love songs are the ones unbosoming lovers' deep affection,praising the fine qualities of lovers and reflecting the close relations between labor and love;ritual songs are the combination of the good and bad songs in which there coexist the dross and the essence.