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Shaanxi Province, located at the heart of the Middle Kingdom, is one of the cradles of ancient Chinese civilization. On the Loess Plateau, Shaanxi people have established their unique ways of clothing, food, dwelling, and leisure due to the influences of its special climate, topography, economy, and culture.

Among all the special cultural legacies in the region, Shaanxi dialect is richly endowed by nature with great profoundness and extensiveness. Through the dialect, the local ballads have been prevailing through ages, and embody the essence of the folk customs with their humorous, exhortatory, and salutary features.

The content of the local ballads mainly compromise nursery rhyme catered to children's taste, and folk rhymes reflecting zeitgeist, different people, real life, social abuses, the relationship between wife and mother, local scenery, and special products. The mode of expression usually applies the people, animals, or plants around them to depict the profound changes of the time.

Children's Songs

The children's songs mainly feature the natural scenery and animals. All the ballads are characterized by their humorous style that is simple and clear and easy to read and transmit.

Ballads reflecting the features of the time and figures

The local ballads express people's understanding and perceptions of societal changes, which usually pay tributes, reverence, and longing to the heroes. Meanwhile, there are also a lot of satire, whip, and dislike of the bad people. The ballads vividly demonstrate the will of the people. Although many of the heroes have passed away long ago, they remain alive in the heart of the people and their ballads, while the bad guys continued to be condemned. What's more, the historical stories are also often pictured in the ballads with heavy strokes of the characteristics of the time. It is fair to say that the art form mirrors the epoch.

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