Folk songs from Northern Shaanxi originated and flourished in the Loess Plateau of Northern Shaanxi
Three thousand years ago, the Book of Songs had a verse: 'The heart is worried, I sing and chant.' Three thousand years later, the 'Xintianyou' singers in Northern Shaanxi said: 'Xintianyou, never stop, if it stops, the poor can't relieve their worries.' The word 'worry' witnesses why Chinese folk songs have been passed down from generation to generation.
The collection of folk songs from Northern Shaanxi is very rich. Since they were discovered by musicians from 'Lu Yi' in Yan'an from all over the country in 1938, the recording and sorting activities have never stopped for eighty years. The number of folk songs recorded at different times ranges from dozens to hundreds, from hundreds to thousands, and even more than ten thousand. Even so, new folk songs from Northern Shaanxi will always come out of the singers' mouths at any time, accumulating over time, and becoming a monument that carries and treasures the cultural memory of the people of Northern Shaanxi.
People in Northern Shaanxi are naturally bold, optimistic and humorous. They have never stopped their creation and singing because of the barren land, blocked transportation, and hard life. They sing whatever they see and think, everywhere. They are good at expressing various feelings in production labor, festival temple fairs, suffering, anger, love, and marriage through folk songs, and they sing freely and finally are known as an encyclopedia revealing the society, history, culture, folk beliefs, and human affairs of the Loess Plateau in Northern Shaanxi.
'The world has great beauty but does not speak'! The 'great beauty' of folk songs from Northern Shaanxi is in the poetic lyrics, in the heart-touching tunes. It is bold and simple, rich and deep. In the great changes of the 20th century, folk songs from Northern Shaanxi have experienced different periods of traditional folk songs, revolutionary historical folk songs, and new traditional folk songs. Each period has left its own classic songs, and each classic is a deeply touching historical narrative.
The Northern Shaanxi Folk Song Museum officially opened to the public in 2018. The museum integrates the collection, display, performance, research, and dissemination of folk songs from Northern Shaanxi. It covers a wide area and has rich exhibition areas. Here you can feel the unique charm of folk songs from Northern Shaanxi!
Floor: Museum Hall, Northern Shaanxi Folk Song Recording Studio, Northern Shaanxi Folk Song KTV
Floor: Stars are shining one by one, Xintianyou sings forever, Northern Shaanxi Folk Music Art Special Exhibition Area, Northern Shaanxi Folk Song Research Special Exhibition Area
Floor: Thousand-year-old roots buried in the loess, 'Lamp Bowl' installation art, 'Mountain Dandan' blooming brightly, 'Cliff Pit' scene experience area
Address: No. 89 Minbo Road, Yuyang District, Yulin City
Transportation: Get off at Jinsha North Road Station on Lines 6/15/16
Time: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:00 (stop admission at 16:30), closed on Monday
Per capita: Free
A good attraction, worth visiting. Free, but ID card is required. There are three floors in total. The order of visit is from the top to the bottom. Although it is a folk song museum, you can also understand some history in northern Shaanxi. It is very good and worth seeing!
The Northern Shaanxi Folk Song Museum is the first Northern Shaanxi Folk Song Museum in the country. It is located in the Northern Shaanxi Folk Song Culture Square at the northeast corner of the intersection of Jinsha Road and Hongshan East Road, Yuyang District, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province. The total construction area is about 11800㎡. It was officially opened to the public on May 23, 2018. It is the Xiangyang District Committee, The district government accelerated the construction of the "Experimental Area for Cultural Ecology Protection in Northern Shaanxi", improved the influence of cultural brands, and demonstrated major projects of cultural confidence.
The Northern Shaanxi Folk Song Museum, located in the Xiangyang District of Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, is the first museum in the country to display the main content of the folk songs in northern Shaanxi. Entering the Northern Shaanxi Folk Song Museum, its excellent exhibition planning, distinctive regional characteristics, and the high-level feelings of integrating traditional culture into the future development will deeply impress every visitor. The exhibition content of the Northern Shaanxi Folk Song Museum is mainly composed of 6 plates, namely "millennium old root loess buried" "Shandandan blossoms red and bright" "The sky full of stars and bright" "Xintianyou Yongshi can't finish singing" and the folk music art exhibition area in northern Shaanxi and the special exhibition area for folk songs research in northern Shaanxi. The exhibition of six plates is spread across four floors of the museum.
The singing teacher who held a special literary exhibition at the Northern Shaanxi Folk Song Museum offered everyone a special folk song feast, "Shandan Danhua Red Yanyan", "Thirty Miles Shop", "East Red", "Yellow River Boatman Song" and other familiar classic songs, gentle tunes, The high passion song highlights the unique charm of the folk songs in northern Shaanxi.
The Northern Shaanxi Folk Song Museum is displayed in six chapters: the thousand-year old root loess is buried in the loess, the mountains are blooming red and colorful, the stars are full of stars, the Xintianyou can't finish singing, the folk music art exhibition area and the research special exhibition area in northern Shaanxi. After the introduction of the interpreter, they will also sing folk songs. And professional actors sing folk songs and ballads.