Located at the junction of Huaibei, Huainan, and Suibei, the language and culture of Wuhe are influenced by the culture of the Central Plains as well as the culture of Wu and Chu. Han folk songs were also developed under such a specific environment. In the folk songs of Wuhe, many ditties reacting to the love between men and women, with their smooth rhythm, small wave-like melodic lines and short trailing cadences, form highly lyrical tunes. However, because of its location on the edge of Huaibei, the melody contains the original elements of the foreign accent of Huaibei. The seven-degree intervals of the big jump, in the "send Lang", "long talk", "December flirting" and many other minor keys, appear from time to time, thus forming the Wuhe folk songs in the melody of the soft in the hard, soft and rigid unique style.
In terms of tuning, most of the folk songs of Wuhe are in levistic mode. For example, "Pomegranate Picking", "Four Seasons Visiting Sisters", "Five Nights' Pain" and so on. However, many of these minor keys alternate with each other in the melodic progression. For example, "Ode to Huaibei in the Four Seasons" starts in the Gong mode and then shifts to the Levistic mode, but the last line ends on the Feather tone, giving a sudden freshness. It makes people feel that the meaning is not yet finished and deep. This rich tonal color has also formed its unique style in the folk songs of Wuhe.
Many musical themes in the folk songs of Wuhe share the same characteristics in terms of rhythm and melodic lines, such as "Pomegranate Picking", "Ode to Huaibei in the Four Seasons", and "Playing Vegetable Moss", etc. However, they are expressed and expressed in different ways and in different ways. However, due to the different methods of expression and the resulting melody, so that each is unique, respectively, with a different flavor. These songs should be regarded as authentic local folk songs of Wuhe. There are also some folk songs that have been handed down from other places, such as "Eight Duan Jing" and "Yu Mei Ren", etc. These songs have been passed down in the Wuhe area for a long time. These songs have been circulated and sung for a long time in the Wuhe area, and have changed their original appearance, injected some local sound level characteristics, and have been alienated into folk songs with Wuhe characteristics. The folk songs of Wuhe were originally sung mainly with clear singing, and later gradually developed into singing with accompaniment, and their related instruments can be divided into three categories: pulling, playing, blowing and striking.
1, pulling and playing class, mainly erhu, erhu with snake skin, black fish skin homemade, commonly known as Er Mengzi (native language), individual also use homemade Liuqin for accompaniment.
2, blowing class, mainly suona, flute, sheng.
3, percussion, mainly homemade clappers, simple to wooden sticks, plates instead.