The Inheritance Significance of Jiashan Tian Ge

The first is to talk about its literary value. In Jiashan rural area, like other rural areas in the past, most farmers can't read. Tian Ge's oral singing is oral literature with the help of music. Its literariness is mainly manifested in some narrative songs, which often have characters, plots and stories, and these narrative songs have a certain length, that is to say, they have a certain literary capacity. However, in a period of time, Tian Ge discovered more than 2,000 sensational narratives, which is really a bit mysterious. After all, singing is an oral art, not a written art. In Jiashan Tian Ge, the oldest and longest sentence does not exceed 200. We are Han nationality, even in backward rural areas, it is impossible to have long-term positive and rich folk songs. Moreover, these ballads also reflect the modern and late Qing Dynasty. As long as you look at Peacock Flying Southeast, you will understand that its literati processing traces are obvious, and its singing method has been lost, and it has only become a written work-a song on paper. Therefore, while affirming the literary value of Tian Ge, we should not over-affirm it.

In addition, the local language and words in Jiashan Tian Ge are also very distinctive. Jiashan dialect belongs to Wu dialect. Due to the particularity of local customs and the pioneering nature of agricultural civilization, the language of Wu is very complicated, and it is difficult to find substitutes for many words in modern Chinese. Jiashan dialect is more regional than ordinary Wu dialect, and Tian Ge's triplets are greatly influenced by dialect intonation. The influence of dialect on local literature and local writers is very obvious. Secondly, the value of music is also the charm of Jiashan Tian Ge. Because of singing while working in the fields, the tunes are very free, and the length of phrases changes with the time and rhythm of labor. But because of singing in the wilderness, it is bound to spread far away, and its singing method is the original ecological singing method with true voice and flat tone, which has been passed down from generation to generation and formed its own characteristics. From the scientific analysis of acoustics, Jiashan Tian Ge's vocalization is to open the cochlea and make it expand to the left and right. Under the impact of strong breath, a flat and bright sound is formed. The author grew up in Jiashan rural area, and listened to grandma's singing. Her voice and face, heavy breath, and dedication were very touching. Several melodies of Jiashan Tian Ge are very pleasant to listen to, all of which are pentatonic, with "3", "5" and "6" as the main tones, and there are interlining words when singing long notes. In the three-person rotation, the "music" section of "Selling" has no lyrics, and all the songs are words. Tall and straight, completely different from Wu Ge's "minor", so some people think it is a "long tune" in Han folk songs. (Audition), in addition, some ballads have large capacity and many plots, but they can't sing for long because of limited working time, so they have to sing "catch up with the songs". This is actually a special form of Han folk rap. It doesn't match the scale, but it has a cavity and a tone, which is very consistent with the tone of the local language. This is its special position in Han folk songs, and its roots have important academic value in music culture.