Tian Ge has a long history. As early as the Song Dynasty, Tian Ge in Jiashan was included in Yuefu Poetry and Wusheng Song compiled by Guo Maoqian. Five Girls in December is Tian Ge's masterpiece in Jiashan, and it is a narrative "Tian Ge" based on a true love story in Dong Tang Village, Hongxi Township, Jiashan during the Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty. At the beginning of 1955, Tian Ge class composed of seven people, including Shen Shaoquan, sang "Five Girls" to participate in the first folk music and dance performance in Zhejiang Province and won the performance award.
Jiashan Tian Ge is a unique and excellent folk song variety in Jiangnan local culture. It is clear and beautiful, full of the charm of Jiangnan water town, and it is a valuable cultural heritage of national music. Jiashan Tian Ge, as an excellent local cultural heritage in Jiashan, occupies a special position in the historical and cultural value, especially the musical value.
Jiashan Tian Ge has a long history, which mainly spreads in Jiashan County and its surrounding counties. It is a representative variety of Wu Ge in the south of the Yangtze River. Its singing is clear and beautiful, with various tunes such as dripping water, yangko, ditty, Yang Sao Tou, urgent song and flat tone, sometimes smooth and smooth, sometimes melodious and high-pitched, and sometimes urgent as spoken language. Jiashan Tian Ge comes from labor and life, so different Tian Ge tunes have different singing styles and occasions. Tian Ge's singing methods in Jiashan include solo, duet, chorus and chorus. "Five Girls" is the flower name of Jiashan's "December", which has been circulated among the Han people for a century and has been adapted into Yue Opera, Dance Opera and other artistic forms and put on the stage.