Children's songs (Beijing children's songs)
Nursery rhymes refer to songs without musical scores that are sung by children. They are a type of folk song that is sung and spread by special groups throughout the country and have special significance. Nursery rhymes have a history of thousands of years in my country. There are many records of nursery rhymes in the official history, miscellaneous biographies, notes, and novels of all dynasties. Nursery rhymes are mainly passed down in two ways: written and oral. Their language is easy to understand and their content is simple and natural. They are excellent representatives of folk literature and art. Nursery rhymes have accumulated excellent national culture and contain rich educational content. Beijing nursery rhymes express the urban character of Beijing and the thoughts and feelings of Beijingers in different periods. They carry the history of my country for thousands of years and have strong infectious penetration. They are valuable educational resources that can be excavated and referenced. Beijing nursery rhymes can be divided into three categories according to their content: the first category is nursery rhymes composed and sung by elders and parents to educate children; the second category is nursery rhymes that describe the life, emotions, concepts, and opinions of adults; the third category is nursery rhymes processed based on idioms in ancient rituals or historical themes. Nursery rhymes have many forms, including top-stitch, crosstalk, tongue twister, proverb, lullaby, riddle, chain tune, counting song, question-answer song, parallelism, etc. In the creation process, rhyme should be followed, including double sentence rhyme, sentence rhyme, and rhyme every two sentences. For example, "Dongzhimen Hangs a Plaque", "Big Head", "A Garden of Green Vegetables Becomes a Spirit", "Crossing the Water", "Windy Granny", "Golden Hoop Stick", etc. Today, Beijing nursery rhymes, a literary style that reflects children's innocence and interest and has had an important impact on the growth of countless people, are gradually fading out of children's lives. The well-known nursery rhymes that have been sung by people for thousands of years have begun to be forgotten by today's children. We must immediately start to protect, inherit, and develop Beijing nursery rhymes, a national treasure, so that they can better serve the growth of children.