Ethnic folk songs are different from ordinary folk songs in terms of musical structure, singing skills, singing methods and singing occasions. It is a type of chorus that leads the crowd and sings in harmony with high and low voices. It belongs to Folk polyphonic music songs and Dong songs are not only a form of music and art, but also play a very important role in the inheritance and cohesion of Dong people's culture and spirit, and are a direct embodiment of Dong culture.

Simulating nature. Dong big song is a multi-part, non-conductor, unaccompanied, natural chorus folk chorus form in the Dong area of ??China. The Dong song is known as "the music that sparkles like a clear spring, the melody that skims the edge of ancient dreams." Simulating nature is one of its singing characteristics.

The songs of the Dong people often imitate natural sounds such as the chirping of birds, the chirping of insects, mountains and flowing water, etc. This is the characteristic of Dong people’s song singing and the natural source of the Dong people’s songs. It is common in Dong people's "sound songs" to imitate the chirping of insects and birds. The sounds of cicadas and cuckoos, such as "dugu, dugu", make you feel the Dong people's attachment to the natural world. Affinity.

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Polyphonic, no conductor, and no accompaniment are its main characteristics. Simulating natural sounds such as the chirping of birds, the chirping of insects, mountains and flowing water is a major feature of the creation of big songs, and it is also the natural source of the sound of big songs. Its main content is to sing about nature, labor, love and human friendship. It is a harmonious sound between man and nature and between man and man.

Every Dong people is good at singing, and Dong Township is known as the ocean of songs. Dong songs pay attention to rhyme and have beautiful tunes. The lyrics often use Bixing techniques and have profound meanings. Songs of the Dong people generally consist of several sentences forming a paragraph, and several paragraphs forming a song. Each song begins with an independent paragraph, called the prelude. The middle part is composed of several sentences, and then there is an ending part, forming a structure that echoes the beginning and the end.

The structure of a big song is generally composed of "fruit (group)", "mei (head)", "seng (paragraph)" and "corner (sentence)"; the occasion for singing a big song is relatively It is important to note that in addition to daily training, Da Ge can only be sung in the Drum Tower, the landmark building of the Dong village, during major festivals, group interactions, or when receiving distinguished guests from afar.

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