汉水民歌的渊源与品类

The Appreciation and Exploration of the Folk Songs in Han Shui

汉水民歌源远流长,是我国民间艺术的瑰宝。它产生于商周时期,在流传过程中又接受了三秦、湖广民歌的影响。汉水民歌形式多样,内容丰富,大体可分为劳动歌、生活歌、情歌、仪式歌四类。劳动歌包括劳动号子与山歌两种;生活歌包括控诉阶级压迫、反抗黑暗社会、揭露封建礼教三种;情歌中既有倾诉热烈情意的,又有赞美情人优秀品质的,还有反映劳动与爱情密切关系的等等;仪式歌良莠交杂,精华与糟粕并存。

Han Shui folk song, the treasure of China folk art, has an extremely long history. It emerged in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties and has greatly been influenced by the Guanzhong （middle part of Shaanxi province）, Hunan and Hubei folk songs. Han shui folk song has numerous forms and rich contents. It falls roughly into four kinds： work, life, love and ritual songs. Work folk songs include songs sung during work and ones sung in mountain areas; Life folk songs include the songs denouncing class exploitation, resisting the darkness of the societies and unmasking the feudal ethical codes; Love songs are the ones unbosoming lovers＇deep affection, praising the fine qualities of lovers and reflecting the close relations between labor and love; ritual songs are the combination of the good and bad songs in which there coexist the dross and the essence.