Xinjiang folk song is a collective name for the folk songs of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. The folk songs of all ethnic groups have beautiful melodies, lively rhythms, neat and symmetrical structures, and enthusiastic and joyful moods; most of them are written in seven-tone natural tuning, and five-tone tuning is also used. The main accompanying instruments are tambourine, dongbura, zhewafu, iron drum and so on. Song structure is complete, the scale is large, the tune is long, the mood is deep, many songs have a narrative character.
Uyghur folk songs are extremely rich, and their contents can be divided into two major parts: traditional folk songs and new folk songs. Traditional folk songs include love songs, labor songs, historical songs, and songs about life and customs. The labor songs mainly include hunting songs, pastoral songs, wheat harvest songs, field playing songs, canal digging songs, spinning wheel ballads, wall building songs, etc. Many love songs express young men and women's love for each other. Many love songs express the incomparable fidelity and passionate pursuit of love by young men and women, and historical songs are songs reflecting some significant events in the history of the Uyghur people.
Uyghur folk songs are extensive and numerous. Most of the lyrics of the folk songs are not fixed, and they often choose ballads that can be applied to the tunes of the songs. The liner notes are both short and long, which play a role in strengthening the tone, rendering the atmosphere and deepening the meaning of the words, and the lyrics are sung more often than, Xing and other techniques, which have profound meanings.