Talking About Chinese Folk Music.doc

Talking About Chinese Folk Music ? Music is an imaginative and affecting language to express people’s both internal and external emotions. Thanks to the moving expression, our society become more beautiful and wonderful than it is otherwise. Chinese folk music, characterized by its remarkably regional and periodic features, is a vital part of the whole system of the music. As an aspect of culture, it is a moving reflection of environment, in other words, a mirror to Chinese society in each era. Chinese folk music has witnessed the prosperity of ancient China, and achievements of modern China. But in contemporary world, when culture integration and international communications are no longer evitable, are there as many territories as Chinese folk music has ever had? In fact, each culture factor must have a reason to exist. A large part of Chinese folk music has lost its basic background so that maybe the essence of the music will partially vanish from our view. There are some changes we can’t deny. In recent years, as the living standards rise higher and people’s leisure time become more, everyone should choose his own lifestyle from information over loading. Chinese folk music, because of its hard understandability and not easy acceptability, which were fashionable once, perhaps can no longer satisfy the masses’ need. We can predict in some degree: the value of part of Chinese folk music, will only function in academic level in one day. Because no need, no market! Some critics say that we should try our best to protect the Chinese folk music, in order that the costly traditional fortune will be perceived forever. If we compare the cost we may expend with the benefit we may get from it, the result is not definitely as optimistic. The depressing of Chinese folk music is perhaps striking and upsetting, but the action we can take is virtually limited. We can’t violate the regulation of the nature and do what we want at will. Possibly the prospect is inevitable. ? ? The D