An Analysis of Folk Songs

Folk songs,as an important style of folk music,show a nation's history,economy,culture,customs,environment,features and charicteristics,and a mirror of the existence and development of a nation.Folk songs are made by community,not an individual. In recent years,some music fans,even some music men had a wrong idea about the folk song,they wrongly thought that a folk song was a song which had folk style or sung by folk singers. The key to judge a folk song is to see whether it meets the three basic requirements.