Hui folk songs

Hui folk songs are mainly passed down through productive labor and social life. From the content, there are labor songs, current political songs, life songs, love songs, children's songs and so on. , the content is extremely rich; Formally, because the Hui nationality is distributed all over the country and influenced by the cultural customs of the Han nationality, there are rammed songs, labor songs, belief in heaven, Wugeng songs, Four Seasons songs and December songs. Among these ballads, "Hua 'er" is the most distinctive of the Hui people, especially in Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang, who have the habit of singing "Hua 'er" to the green hills behind their ears.

Huaer, also known as Teenager, is a folk song loved by Hui people and a wonderful flower in Chinese art garden. It has the characteristics of sonority, boldness, beauty and melodiousness, strong artistic appeal and strong Hui characteristics.

"Hua 'er" originated in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, where Hui people live in compact communities. It is known as the hometown and holy land of "Flowers". Not only the Hui nationality is the main singer of "Hua 'er", but also the people of Han nationality, Baoan nationality, Dongxiang nationality, Salar nationality and Tu nationality living in this area like this folk song. Finally, "Hua 'er" developed from Gansu to Qinghai and Xinjiang, and was sung by Hui people. For example, mountain flowers (also called dried flowers) in Ningxia are mostly sung among Hui people. So now when people talk about "flowers", they are used to calling them "emblem flowers". After hundreds of years of development and evolution, Huaer has now formed different schools and styles such as Hezhou Huaer, Lianhua Mountain Huaer, Ningxia Huaer and Qinghai Huaer. Ningxia's "flower" is a paragraph of two sentences, such as "there is no place to stand when you come":

Cattle-drawn carts have wheels,

You'd better scream, but don't break down when you die.

I'm not coming back this time,

There is no place to stand when you come.

The "Hua 'er" of the Hui people in Hezhou is a paragraph of four sentences:

The plates and jars on the left,

Holding a bowl in his right hand,

I wish I could even hoe my sister's land.

Ga didn't have a shovel in his hand.

Lianhua Mountain's "flower", also called Tao Min's "flower", is a three-sentence poem:

Yes, yes,

Sing "Flowers", you pour tea,

Don't joke if you can't sing well.

Hui "Hua 'er" in different regions has different tunes, including Hezhou Order and Gamaling 100.