Song background of turtledove tune

Jiangxi is a typical land of plenty, with beautiful scenery, warm climate and a long history and culture. There are many tea-picking songs in Gannan, among which "Turtledove Tune" is one of the most representative songs. Tea picking songs are popular in southern China, where there are many mountains and pleasant climate, which is very suitable for the growth of tea trees. Therefore, this area is rich in tea, which is very famous in Jiangxi and even the whole country.

The prosperity of tea-picking industry stimulated Jiangxi's economy and culture, thus promoting the development of tea-picking songs, and many well-known tea-picking songs appeared, which became the representative of Gannan folk songs in Jiangxi. At first, this kind of tea-picking song was sung when people picked tea in the harvest season. People often thought that the title or lyrics of the song were related to tea, so it was called tea song. In fact, no matter whether the song title or lyrics are related to tea, as long as it reminds people of tea, it should be classified as "tea songs". The most representative tea-picking song in Gannan is the folk song "Turtledove Tune". The unique geographical location and natural environment of geographical elements are prerequisites for people's survival and development. Different geographical environments have formed different races, cultural traditions and spiritual outlook, and folk songs are of course directly or indirectly influenced by these factors. Jiangxi has a unique geographical location, short spring and autumn seasons, and many winter festivals in Xia Long, with abundant sunshine and rainfall, which is very suitable for the growth of garden crops. Gannan region is located in the south of Jiangxi, the source of Ganjiang River. The area has beautiful scenery and rich resources, and there is also a hilly and mountainous area called "Eight Mountains and Half Water, One Farmland and Half Road Manor". Under such unique geographical environment and climate conditions, a series of "tea culture" such as planting, producing, making, selling and drinking tea have been well developed, thus providing more powerful conditions for the spread of "tea songs". The folk song "Turtledove Tune" embodies the unique local style of Gannan, so the influence of geographical factors on folk songs is everywhere. The cultural change brought about by human factors in southern Jiangxi is the southward migration of northern residents, that is, Hakkas. Gannan area is one of the earliest areas where Hakkas gathered and settled. At present, the total population is more than 8 million, and there are more than 7 million Hakkas, accounting for about 95% of the total population. Hakka culture has a far-reaching influence on the development of Gannan folk music culture and is one of the indispensable factors in analyzing Gannan folk songs. The development of Gannan folk songs can be roughly divided into three periods: first, before Qin and Han Dynasties, people were mostly engaged in logging, so the folk songs were mainly logging songs; Secondly, during the Tang and Song Dynasties, local agriculture developed rapidly, and people mainly planted grain, and most folk songs were Tian Ge. Third, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, when the output of tea was increasing, people mainly produced tea, and tea-picking songs naturally became the representative of Gannan folk songs. Language characteristics Language is one of the important factors that form the style and characteristics of folk songs, and there is a close relationship between them. As one of the most representative folk songs in southern Jiangxi, the most striking feature of the language in "Turtledove Tune" is that its accent and words have Hakka dialect characteristics and local colors. At first, people added interjections to express their feelings when they spoke, but later they found that these interjections were not enough to express their feelings, so they joined the ranks of singing and composing songs, forming a set of words and cavities. The lining words and accents in folk songs not only enhance the unique life flavor of the people in southern Jiangxi, but also show their colorful local style characteristics. These easy-to-understand languages sometimes even exceed the number of positive words in songs and occupy a very important position in Gannan folk songs in Jiangxi Province. For example, the imitation of the turtle's voice "jabber" and the words "Na" and "Rig" in "Turtledove Tune" all constitute the unique musical style of this folk song.