What are the characteristics of She nationality's music culture?
She folk songs include narrative songs, ancient songs, wedding songs, labor songs, ethical songs, ritual songs, novel songs, children's songs, etc., which almost cover the life of She people. Hu Shi said: "Everything in the past, from ideological and academic level to a word to a folk song, is history and belongs to the category of Chinese studies." She folk songs are "living fossils" of She culture. We can find the origin of She nationality from Huang Gaoge and Pangu songs. She nationality in ancient times began to multiply and develop from the four surnames of Pan, Lan, Lei and Zhong. From the ancient folk song Song of the She nationality in Lishui, we know how the early She nationality lived and how men and women worked. From the wedding songs of the She nationality, we can see the wedding customs of the She nationality, such as Song of Drinking and Song of Borrowing Pots. We know the funeral customs and ancestor worship of the She nationality from the lyrics of her funeral musical instruments "Leading Soul" and "Crying Mother". We know the living conditions of She nationality such as love and communication from many songs of She nationality.