歌族文化初探

An Initial Discussion on the Clan of Songs

我国地域广袤,孕育了浩如烟海、风格各异的民歌体裁和品种,在音乐不断传播演变的过程中,不同地区出现了一些词同曲异、曲同词异、词曲大同小异等民歌的变体形式,尽管变化多端,却又万变不离其宗,因此歌族文化应运而生,成为中国文化史上的重要组成部分。对歌族文化的初步研究,是对民歌传播演变规律的一次有益的探索。

Our country is vast in territory on which there are a tremendous amount of folk songs with various genres and types. While the music is spreading and developing constantly,there arise some variants of the folk songs which are with the same lyric but different melodies,or with the same melodies but different lyrics,or with similar lyrics or melodies. Though changeful,the essence retains its identity while appearances may vary,thus the culture of the song clan comes into being,which becomes an important component in the history of Chinese culture. The preliminary research on the culture of the song clan is a helpful exploration of the propagation and development law of folk songs.