石塘月姐歌探骊

A Study of Shitang Moon Sister Song in Renhua County of Shaoguan

石塘月姐歌是流传于广东仁化县石塘古村中的一种无伴奏、多样化歌唱艺术形式。其歌词淳朴、形象,内容涵盖广泛,具有教育、娱乐、民俗信仰等功用。石塘月姐歌格式规整,多以七字一句,四句一段,以同一音调反复演唱多段体分节歌为主。石塘月姐歌的旋律受石塘方言影响很大,自然、优美上口。节奏变化多,带有陈述性。由于其独特的历史渊源、演唱时间和场合、功用与内容形式及其民间风俗信仰的特性,因此,将石塘月姐歌归于小调是不恰当的,石塘月姐歌应属于风俗歌范畴。

Without music accompaniment and being various in singing modes, Shitang Moon Sister Song （SMSS） is a unique singing art form popular among female villagers in Shitang Town of Renhua County in Guangdong Province. SMSS features as simple and vivid words, covering universal themes and various functions such as education, entertainment and folklore beliefs. SMSS is of well-defined verse structures featuring in their seven-character-sentence, four-sentence-stanza and multi-stanza strophic using the same music tune. Deeply influenced by Shitang local dialect, SMSS＇s melody is natural and beautiful,with different music rhythms which tend to be narrative. Owing to its unique history, special requirments of singing time and location, functions, content, singing forms and folklore beliefs, it＇s obviously improper to put SMSS into the category of ditty. It holds that MSSS belongs to Folklore Song and Narration Song.