Hakka folk songs are a type of folk songs in the Chinese folk song genre. It is popular in Meixian, Xingning, Wuhua, and Zijin in eastern Guangdong; Shanghang, Ninghua, Qingliu, and Yongding in western Fujian; Xingguo, Ruijin, and Yongxin in southern Jiangxi; and Taoyuan, Hsinchu, and Miaoli in northern Taiwan. A place where Hakka people live together. It is sung in Hakka dialect, so it is called "Hakka folk song". Hakka folk songs have a wide range of content and simple and vivid language. The lyrics make good use of Bixing and have neat rhymes. The lyrics have 7 words and 4 sentences, each sentence is a combination of "2, 2, 3". The lyrics and music are not fixed, and are usually improvised. You can have multiple words in one song and sing it repeatedly.
Any kind of art has its social background and historical origin. There are roughly four reasons why folk songs are popular in the Hakka area: First, Hakkas are mostly distributed in the mountainous areas of southeastern China, and their daily life is related to the "mountain". Moreover, Hakka custom is that women and men are both responsible for singing in the mountains. In various operations, during long-term work together in the mountains, it is expected that men and women talk to each other about their feelings, and folk songs are melodic words that can express feelings better than ordinary language. Secondly, because the Hakka people live in mountainous areas, their work is relatively hard. Once they go to the mountains or wilderness valleys, they will inevitably feel elated and want to sing a few songs to vent their feelings. Third, in the old days, Hakkas did not have other relatively complete and common folk entertainment, so their suppressed emotions could not be properly vented. Singing folk songs was a popular entertainment, so men and women generally had the same love for it. . Fourth, in Hakka society, the old ethics are very strict. Usually in families or villages, strict boundaries are maintained between men and women. Except for the relationship between husband and wife, social activities between men and women are very rare. Even between couples, there are few light-hearted life programs. Because I was too restrained at home, my spirit seemed to be liberated when I went to the mountains, so I sang folk songs naturally. As far as the content and nature of Hakka folk songs are concerned, they can be roughly divided into the following three types: First, they are self-intoxicating or self-venting. They may not have a target when singing. Sometimes they can be hummed by a person alone to relieve the boring mood. The second is folk songs about flirting between men and women, which is the most important part of Hakka folk songs. The third is a joke song, that is, one of the men and women sings a folk song to the other party in a joking manner. If the other party responds, they will tease each other with the folk song and ridicule the other party. If there is no response, it means that she (he) is an honest person who can be bullied. Or people who can't sing folk songs, then they can let it go. A narcissistic folk song: Eat cigarettes and love two or three tubes of cigarettes, and love two or three sects with my sister. First of all, you need to be good at speaking, and you need talents to build Guangdong. Put down your burden and sit in the tea pavilion. If you dare to sing folk songs, you will be afraid of others. A Ge is like Zhuge Liang, not afraid of Cao Cao's millions of soldiers. A joking folk song: A gust of rain and a gust of wind, I'm afraid of your husband to see how bad you are, I don't dare to talk about what's on my mind, I don't dare to move if the dragon bites me inside. The tea-picking girl is really pitiful. Her backpack is as tight as a round pear, and she goes from the beginning of the tea to the end of the tea. It’s a lot of hard work and no money. Don't worry about it. Your life water is still crooked. He doesn’t have enough to eat three meals a day and wears straw sandals all year round. Belonging to the love song: When you enter the mountain, you will see vines wrapped around the trees. When you come out of the mountain, you will see the trees wrapped around the vines. The vines will grow on the trees and they will be entangled until they die. The trees will grow on vines and they will be entangled to the death. When the trees bloom and the flowers blossom, my elder brother holds his sister up and down. He holds up the tail of his shirt and waits for the man to hold her in his arms. He waits for the man to hold her in his arms before returning home. I bought a new fan that is seven inches long. I bought it as a gift to my lover. I told my lover not to fall down and let it go. It will make their eyes cool when they sleep. The willows by the river are tender and delicate. They pick up the paddle board and wait for the east tide. My brother and the boat girl are in the water. The boat floats on the surface and I let him rock it.