What is a tea ballad?

There is also a saying that tea ballads are a form of folk culture, with an obvious folk thinking mode of "comparing things with things" in emotional expression and content statement. They are the natural products of the life experience of workers in tea areas, and have not been adopted and polished by "literati" (Lu Xun's Talking about Foreign Languages), so they retain the original true beauty and the folk customs of tea villages. Such as: "When the sun sets in the west, Wan Li is yellow, and thrushes look at Sister Shan and Lang. It's going to be late to see thrush on the mountain. My sister Guan Lang enters the embroidery room and the red curtain shines on Yuanyang. " In this ballad, the blackbird sings to the mountain at dusk, making a girl in the tea village look at her lover. The chirping of blackbirds is calling for the couple in the forest, and the "Guan Lang" of the tea village girl is expecting her lover to come to the spring night like a mandarin duck. Touch connection is very suitable.

The main feature of tea ballads in content is that the ballad singer sings: "Sing when you meet a good sister, and don't scold me when you applaud your sister." No life (horn), no Dan (horn), no play, no sister, no lang, no song. "When young men and women meet, they use ballads to bridge the gap. Ballads have become a cultural form and civilized way for them to pour out their hearts. Such as the following song: "yawning and frowning, my sister asked my brother who he was thinking about." "When I think of the zhangs', think of being the matchmaker of the lees, I'll say it again. I don't think slavery is ugly. " This woman who consciously looks ugly treats her brother who she loves silently and wants to share her worries; Even if you sacrifice your love to fix him up with a matchmaker. Finally, the self-recommendation attitude of "I don't think slaves are ugly in front of me" was bold and straightforward, which was probably enough to make the gentry and gentlemen at that time dumbfounded.

Although the love of women in tea country is pure and pungent, their love is not always satisfactory, and it is restricted by local marriage habits and rural customs. For example, "When Xiao Lang first came to this shore, it was like a lonely goose falling into the Yangtze River. There are beautiful women everywhere. When the local land is in power, there is no hope for foreign Xiao Lang. " This "Xiao Lang" is an "outsider" (or a helper in a tea house). He was born with good looks and naturally became the "Prince Charming" in the eyes of the girls in the tea village. However, experienced songwriters can see clearly that although there are many beautiful women in the tea village, or they also have a special liking for Xiao Lang, it is impossible for Xiao Lang to get it. Because "the land god is in charge of the local land", the marriage of a girl in a tea house in southern Anhui should be decided by her parents according to the local world and portal conditions. Xiao Lang is just a lonely goose on the water, which makes tea aunts feel sad.

There is also a unique condition for tea village culture to break through the closed state, that is, every year during the tea picking season, many people go to the tea area to do temporary short-term work, or some tea sellers go to the village to buy new tea. This often knocks out one or two fresh tones on the emotional strings of girls, which makes them fluctuate inside. For example, "tea buds come in April, and my little sister climbs all over the mountain." Here comes a little boy with a beautiful face, singing tea songs with the wind, which makes my sister's heart thump. "The new boy, with his loud and affectionate voice, teased the tea girl Chun Qing. It seems particularly fashionable, romantic and delicious for women in tea country to fall in love with strangers, so tea ballads embody this aspect, such as: "My name is Brother Mo, and I'll be your travelling expenses. The flower jewelry is yours, and the top tea is your choice. Come back next March. "The lover who comes to work every year has no travel expenses when he goes home. The tea country girl gave him her jewelry and the best tea at home. I hope he will come to work again next spring, which is really meaningful.