First of all, Minnan nursery rhymes are children's songs written and sung in Minnan, which are popular in southern Fujian, Taiwan Province Province and Southeast Asia where overseas Chinese live in concentrated communities. It is rich and colorful, full of childlike interest, and can increase children's knowledge in a subtle way. The nursery rhymes in Jiangnan mainly describe a scene of picking lotus in the south, and you can feel the rich water town customs.
Secondly, the nursery rhymes in Minnan dialect are created by the complex and beautiful rhyme and flat rhythm of Minnan dialect, which has strong folk literature characteristics. In the process of singing, it is constantly revised and supplemented, which embodies the collective wisdom of working people. Relatively speaking, Jiangnan nursery rhymes pay more attention to scene description and emotional expression, and their lyrics have a unique sense of rhythm and rhythm.
In addition, from the performance form, Minnan nursery rhymes include singing, singing, playing and dancing, while Jiangnan nursery rhymes are usually circulated in the form of singing.
Brief introduction of nursery rhymes in southern Fujian:
It is an intangible cultural heritage. On June 7th, 2008, nursery rhymes (Minnan nursery rhymes) were approved by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage, with the heritage number I-78.
Minnan nursery rhymes are children's ballads written and sung in Minnan language, which are popular in Minnan area of Taiwan Province Province and overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. It is a form of folk literature formed by Minnan people in the past dynasties according to children's understanding ability and psychological characteristics, using the complex and musically beautiful rhyme and flat rhythm of Minnan dialect, and constantly revising and supplementing it in the singing process.
After the middle and late Ming Dynasty, as Minnan people crossed Taiwan Province Province and went south to Southeast Asia, Minnan nursery rhymes spread to China, Taiwan Province Province and Southeast Asian countries, and took root in these areas, which promoted each other with local culture and created many new nursery rhymes.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-nursery rhymes (Minnan nursery rhymes).