In northern Shaanxi, people's emotions such as joy, anger, sadness and joy can be expressed in the form of folk songs. Whether standing on the top of the mountain, walking on the winding mountain road or marching on the road of Ma Pingchuan, melodious songs floating in the wind can be heard everywhere. This is a folk song in northern Shaanxi. "Women cry sadly and men sing sadly." In fact, all men, women and children in northern Shaanxi. There are both the bass of the aunts and the high notes of later generations, such as "Stop the sheep from sounding like cows". Northern Shaanxi is a world of folk songs and a sea of folk songs. There are many kinds of folk songs in northern Shaanxi, including four seasons songs, five-tone tune, nine songs, yangko, labor songs, dance music, Yulin ditty, northern Shaanxi suite, duet and folk songs.

Minor, mainly narrative, generally has scenes, characters, storylines and details. For example, Harmful Doll, Sister Jade, Farewell to Lovers, Four Guarantees and Work in the Liulin are all long narrative folk songs.

Xintianyou (called "Shuntian Tour" in Inner Mongolia border area and "Qu Shan" in Shenmu Fugu area) is a folk song widely popular in northern Shaanxi. It is the product of improvisation and can be sung freely according to different situations. For example, villagers work in the fields, go up the mountain to herd sheep, go into the Woods to cut wood, and drive donkeys to pull coal, all of which are singing loudly. Its language is simple and rhythmic. Every sentence rhymes. On the basis of seven sentences or 10 sentences, the first sentence is mainly about metaphor or writing about scenery, and the second sentence is mostly about implication. The melody is melodious and bold, the rhythm is distinct, the rhyme is harmonious and the lyrical color is strong. It fully embodies the uninhibited character of northern Shaanxi people. Can be divided into two sections, can also be combined with each other, can also be independently composed into a song, similar to "

Folk songs in northern Shaanxi reflect rich social life. Most of the popular folk songs in northern Shaanxi were produced from the end of 19 to the 1940s, which not only reflected social changes, but also "long-term labor songs", reflecting the struggle of the people in northern Shaanxi against the oppression and exploitation of the feudal ruling class, especially revolutionary historical folk songs. It is a group of precious revolutionary historical materials, such as the famous "When the Brothers of the Red Army Come Back" and "Flowers Bloom in Shandandan". But among more than 8,000 folk songs in northern Shaanxi, such works are few after all. Most of them reflect the worldly affairs of ordinary people. For example, the little girl wants to get married, the little girl looks forward to getting married, the drummer greets, the people who go out miss their hometown, young people. Farmers use songs to drive away loneliness and sadness; People who drive away the spirit of sacrifice spread melodious songs all over the rugged narrow path; The sentimental kannika nimtragol poured out her sadness with a song. These are basically expressions of feelings. In addition, people in northern Shaanxi also use folk songs to serve their daily lives: vendors sell their wares with songs, farmers pray for rain with songs, and celebrate and entertain with songs on holidays. When men and women get married, they hold ceremonies with songs, guess fists with wine songs when drinking, tell historical stories with songs, socialize with songs and tell stories with songs. Strange people and strange things, praise them.

Among the 8000 folk songs in northern Shaanxi, 80% of all folk songs reflect love life, marriage problems or works related to this content. Xintianyou, known as the representative work of working people, embodies almost all these contents. Therefore, Xintianyou is also called "the ocean of love".

The folk songs that people in northern Shaanxi usually like to sing are love songs. In the old society, young men and women fell in love and marriage could not be independent. They had to use songs to express their dissatisfaction with feudal marriage and their pursuit of love. Due to natural conditions and other reasons, in the past, the economy in northern Shaanxi was backward and farmers lived a hard life. Men ganged up to go to other provinces to grab jobs, that is, "to the west." Before the husband left, his wife urged him in many ways. His expression was beautiful, affectionate and lyrical.

Go, you take the road,

Don't take the path.

There are many people on the road.

Try to alleviate the sadness.

Stay in a hotel, stay in a big shop,

Don't live in a small shop.

There are many thieves and beggars in the shop.

Worried about stealing you.

Sleep, you sleep in the middle,

Don't sleep on both sides

Worried about the wall digger,

Got you.

Drink water, you drink running water,

Don't drink spring water

Snakes wag their tails in spring,

Worried about drinking you bad.

When you eat cigarettes, you light your own fire,

Don't fight with others.

In the forest, the green forest is ringing,

Worried about antiperspirants.

People who "travel to the west" have been there for several years and never come back. When the wife thinks of her husband, they either spin the spinning wheel, shake and sing, or stand in front of the door and sing softly to express their attachment to their distant relatives:

Peas bloom a little red,

I miss my brother with needle and thread.

I miss my brother, but I can't see him.

Rock sugar is like bitter coptis in your mouth.

Without water, rivers can't raise fish,

Sister can't live without brother you.

A pair of larks are flying in the sky,

I hope to see you in the future.

Folk songs in northern Shaanxi, which reflect local marriage customs, have different characteristics in different historical periods. For example, the three songs "Lanhuahua", "Big Woman Want Korea" and "I'll find a good husband's family for you" all describe the ways of getting married, but the ways of getting married are different because of different times. Orchid flower is an ancient traditional way of marriage. Buying and selling marriage, the new wife having to take a sedan chair when entering the door, and the anti-feudal thoughts and emotions of "three evils" have formed a trend. The "big woman" dared to speak and ask her parents to get married, and the wedding was simplified. Ride a horse instead of a sedan chair. In the song "Find a good husband's family for you", the heroine is already "getting what she needs". The way to get married is not to wear embroidered shoes with her head covered, but to ride a horse and wear flowers.

Folk songs in northern Shaanxi are close to life, reflect the truth of life and have strong feelings, especially love songs. The protagonist in Miss You Really Miss You is an unmarried girl, and one of them expresses her feelings in this way.

Miss you, miss you, miss you,

I miss you all over;

My hair misses you,

Red hair rope is hard to earn;

Pippi misses you;

Yulin is difficult to comb;

Eyelashes miss you,

It is difficult to close day and night;

My eyes are kind, I miss you,

Tears are hard to collect;

My tongue is very sharp, I miss you.

Bitterness and bitterness are hard to taste;

If it's just the expression of the characters' inner thoughts and feelings, then this letter "Holding Hands" is a description of the characters' behaviors and actions:

You must hold my hand,

I want to kiss your mouth,

Hand in hand, mouth to mouth,

The two of us are walking in the park.

The four sentences in the grid are easy to understand. Although the hero and heroine are careless, their movements are natural and their emotions are relaxed, which can be described as the swan song of northern Shaanxi.

Due to historical and natural conditions, northern Shaanxi is backward in economy, underdeveloped in culture, sparsely populated and scattered in residence. Therefore, the rule of feudal consciousness here is relatively weak. In some remote mountainous areas, there is a folk song of "Three Monsters": "Sand hits the wall, aunt doesn't get annoyed when she marries Korea, and people jump over the wall, but dogs don't bite". This shows a bright spot of ideology in northern Shaanxi.

Folk songs in northern Shaanxi are widely circulated in northern Shaanxi. Generally, people in northern Shaanxi can sing a few songs more or less. When they are working and walking in the fields, they can hear songs. People often get together after dinner and take turns singing. In addition to this natural communication among the masses in daily life, there are two ways of communication: one is the communication of folk singers and artists; Second, in some custom activities, such as "going through the field", welcoming relatives, offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, yangko and other activities, all of them should be sung. Another example is Song of Landing, Popular Felt, Worship Heaven and Earth, Song of Head and Song of Sending a Son.