China is a unified multi-ethnic country, and the songs of various ethnic groups have different characteristics, forming their own unique style and characteristics in the long history. The Mongolian people are an ancient minority in our country. They have a long history of nomadic pastoralism. They have formed their own unique music form, which sounds soul-stirring. The tunes are mainly long tunes mixed with short tunes. It is enthusiastic and lively. And affectionate and heroic. The simple lyrics broadly reflect the vast life scenes of the Mongolian people. Most of the lyrics reflect the open-minded style and mind of the Mongolian people, and many of them are mixed with the delicate inner feelings of the Mongolian people. Many songs convey the meaning and feeling of loneliness, making people feel resentment and loneliness.
A long tune
The ancestors of the Mongolian nomadic for a long time in the vast northern part of our country, where the land is sparsely populated, lush water and grass, the ancestors of the Mongolian, accompanied by the wandering white clouds and the vast blue sky, accompanied by the turbulent nomadic years, so in character On the surface, a rough, bold and deep personality has been developed, and these may have also contributed to the long history of Mongolian folk songs. They often incorporate short words and sentences into music, with fewer words and more accents, high-pitched and melodious. It sounds as if you can imagine how the ancestors called the cattle and sheep in the distance. Although it is a short sentence, it has a long drag sound, such as a long howling wolf, but it is full of musical texture. The song is soothing, the phrases are long and breathy, the momentum is coherent, hovering straight up, the melody fluctuates greatly, and the range is quite wide. The long tune is sung with the ups and downs of the melody, just like the character of the Mongolian people, with the characteristics of vast, heroic and rough grassland folk songs. In the long-tune folk songs of Xilingrad, there are expressive forms with loud and long voices. "Little Yellow Horse" and "Walking Horse" are popular local long-tune. Horse Girl" and so on, fully display the long tunes. Of course, in contrast to the long tunes, there are also some short tunes in Mongolian songs, most of which are distributed in semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral areas, but the long long tunes are its main form.
2. Simple folk lyrics
In the Mongolian songs, the rich social life and life scenes of the local people are involved, which is of epic record value. In the Mongolian people, regardless of men, women, or children, they all have a unique love for songs. They respect the singers and give special honor to the singers. During the long singing, the Mongolian people left behind a wealth of songs, which are the history of the Mongolian people, and the poems and songs of the Mongolian people. The content of the lyrics can be roughly divided into two categories, ceremonial songs and pastoral songs. The ceremonial songs are used in festive occasions such as wedding banquets, and the main content is to sing about love, heroes, and horse racing events that win the championship. The other type is pastoral songs. This nation on horseback has long lived as nomads. Nomadism has penetrated into the corners of life and occupied the time and space of life. These are reflected in the simple lyrics. It concentratedly reflects the local customs of the Mongolian people, welcoming guests, toasting, celebrating, sobering up, ending the banquet, seeing off guests, getting married, marrying daughters, missing, wishing, praising, teaching, etc., all-encompassing life details. "Gada Meilin", "Danabala", "Nams Lai", "Song of Labor", "Wan Li", "Miss Gao", "Han Xiuying", "Dakula", "Golden Yema" ", etc., just from the name, we can think of simple life scenes. In "Dakula", "A white cloud appeared in the sky, which was pregnant with a cloudy rain. I was uneasy. I might have to leave Dagula. Although there are so many fruit trees all over the mountain, few of them bear fruit. , There are so many acquaintances, but Dagula is the closest one.
There is a white cloud in the sky, which is pregnant with a cloudy rain. I feel uneasy. I may be separated from Dagula. Although there are so many fruit trees all over the mountain, few bear fruit. My acquainted sisters, although there are so many Yo, the one who is intimate is Dagula.
There is a white cloud in the sky, which is pregnant with a cloudy rain. I feel uneasy. I may be separated from Dagula. Although there are so many fruit trees all over the mountain, few bear fruit. Although there are so many sisters I know. , the confidant is still Dagula. The confidant is still Dagula. "
Such repeated chanting and simple and straightforward expression of our feelings remind us of the "Book of Songs". The villagers feel life through labor, and finally express their feelings with concise language. "Dakula" is a kind of expressing love. From this small poem, we can feel lively feelings through simple words. At the same time, it is the same in other genres. In short, the Mongolian lyrics are full of simple words, expressing every bit of life.
3. The meaning of loneliness
Mongolian music has a lonely connotation, reflecting the Mongolian people's profound philosophical thinking about the universe and life. The deep and long Mongolian grassland long tune often reveals the feeling of loneliness. Many people who are not familiar with Mongolian music often think that Mongolian music is full of toughness like their character, but this may be a misunderstanding. There is a Mongolian folk proverb like this: "If a tooth falls out, it is swallowed in the stomach, and if an arm is broken, it is hidden in the sleeve." This introverted character is reflected in the songs and even the entire aesthetic concept of art.
There is tenderness and loneliness in the heroic bones of the Mongolian people, highlighting the delicate emotions, kindness and worry. For example, in Tengger's music "Paradise" that we are familiar with, "blue sky, clear lake water, green grassland, this is my home, alas, a galloping horse..." In these clear lyrics, we What I feel is the fresh scenery and objects. But when we listen to this music, the most profound feeling is indeed the call of desolation. It is so deep that it gives people a tearing pain. I can't help but wonder how such beautiful lyrics can be interpreted so vaguely. This may be due to the long-term nomadic Mongolian deep thinking about the vast land and even the whole life. Life is bitter, the world is vast, and people have a deeper loneliness in their hearts. Because of this, they chose such a deep tune, such a deep lonely tune, such a lonely meaning, which can better settle the lonely heart and lonely soul. Perhaps in the blood of the Mongolians, they have long felt that great, magical, and touching music is clear and lonely. Only such an implicit expression of loneliness can be closer to people's inner world. And the implication of this loneliness was integrated into the music of the Mongolians early on.