The background of "Chinese folk song studies" is the implementation of traditional cultural revival and intangible cultural heritage protection strategies in the new era. Its research object is the sum of all orally chanted or melodic folk songs. The research method is the combination of those of literature

history

sociology

anthropology

folklore and so on. The purpose is to reveal the general law of the generation and development of folk songs and their interaction with other literary and artistic styles through combing the contents and characteristics of folk songs themselves

and to explore the mechanism and operation logic of folk songs of the past dynasties

which is an important part of Chinese traditional culture and national spirit.