The Historical Vicissitude of the Chinese Folk Songs

From the point of view of the art history, the papers talk about the development of the Chinese folk songs. The writer held that the ritual culture made the rulers paid more attention on the folk song during Zhou dynasty (221B.C.). And the station and function of the folk song were downtrend after Qin (206B.C.) and Han Dynasty (220A.D.), even disappeared from the main society life in Tang Dynasty (907A.D.).