Yuefu folk songs in the Northern Dynasties are a collection of folk songs in the northern region during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and most of them are included in Guo Maoqian's Yuefu poems. This part of Yuefu folk songs reflects all kinds of social life scenes and people's voices at that time, and has extremely high historical and cultural value.

The cross-blowing music of the drums and horns is a kind of military music in the Liang (Southern Dynasties) period, which is mainly sung among soldiers and has strong folk characteristics and local colors. These songs, with drums and horns as musical instruments and transverse blowing as playing methods, are bold, passionate and sonorous, and also express people's attitudes and feelings towards war and social injustice at that time.

These Yuefu folk songs are mainly five-character quatrains in literary form, and the language is concise, which shows the people's feelings and emotions about life at that time. In content, these songs mainly reflect the themes of war, parting, lovesickness and love, as well as people's reflection and protest against society. These songs, with their authentic, vivid and touching expressions, have become an important part of China's literary treasure house.

The forms of Yuefu folk songs in the Northern Dynasties;

1, Five-character and Four-sentence Style: Yuefu folk songs in the Northern Dynasties are mainly five-character and four-sentence style, which are concise and lively and easy to be sung orally. Each song consists of four sentences and five words, each sentence is concise and expressive. This form occupies a considerable proportion in Yuefu folk songs in the Northern Dynasties, reflecting the popular trend of folk songs at that time.

2. Seven-character and four-sentence style: In addition to the five-character and four-sentence style, there are also some works with seven-character and four-sentence style in Yuefu folk songs in the Northern Dynasties. This form has seven words per sentence, which is more compact and expressive. The number of seven-character and four-sentence styles in Yuefu folk songs in the Northern Dynasties is relatively small, but it is still an important literary form.

3. Long narrative poems: There are some long narrative poems in Yuefu folk songs in the Northern Dynasties, which are based on a complete story and composed of several songs. These long narrative poems are usually based on historical events, legends and stories, which show the people's concern and love for history and culture at that time.