Study on the Change, Inheritance and Development of Chinese Folk Song Culture Taking Local Intangible Cultural Heritage Sangzhi Folk Songs as an Example

Abstract

Folk songs are excellent spiritual and cultural products of China. As the saying goes, what belongs to the nation belongs to the world. This holds true for Sangzhi folk songs, which are the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the people. We should not only protect and inherit this cultural treasure but also strive to develop and improve it. This paper adopts methods of literature research, analysis, and induction, referring to theoretical knowledge from music anthropology, ethnology, and related fields. It examines the cultural background, living environment, cultural changes, inheritance, and development of Sangzhi folk songs. The study explores their artistic value and further explains how local intangible cultural heritage folk songs are influenced by social and cultural changes, reflecting the real content of these shifts.