Mountain songs are the voice of mountain souls and the voice of mountain people. There is a Xiling mountain song with the lyrics: "The mountains of Xiling have mountain souls, and the mountains and waters of Xiling support mountain people. Mountain songs sing the voice of mountain souls, and mountain songs sing the hearts of mountain people." For hundreds of years, mountain people in Xiling often enjoyed singing mountain songs. They used mountain songs to refresh themselves and convey emotions in the spring planting and autumn harvest, in the stilt sheds to guard corn from beasts, in the middle of the night when they were tearing corn, in the hard work of caustic soda, digging medicine, and logging, and expressed their open-minded, optimistic, tenacious, tenacious, honest, humorous, and witty feelings. Since Xiling was once a place where Han, Tibetan, Qiang and other ethnic groups lived together in history, the melody color and mode of Xiling mountain songs also contain some elements of Han, Tibetan, and Qiang folk songs, with bright colors, wide range, high pitch, large singing freedom, special melody, and strong mountain, game and ethnic flavors. Xiling Town is located at the foot of Xiling Snow Mountain, a national scenic spot 100 kilometers west of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. It has beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. The town covers an area of 678.3 square kilometers, with 6 administrative villages, 70 communities, and a total population of 6,500. The highest altitude is 5,368 meters, and the average altitude is 1,400 meters. It belongs to the mountainous area. The annual average temperature is 13.7 degrees, the rainfall is abundant, and the annual rainfall is 1,300-1,500 cubic meters. It belongs to the subtropical humid monsoon climate of the mountainous area on the edge of the Sichuan Basin. Xiling Town is located in the west of Dayi County, which is under the jurisdiction of Chengdu, Sichuan Province. It is 45 kilometers away from the county seat and 100 kilometers away from Chengdu. Xiling folk songs can be roughly divided into: labor, love, persuasion (including satire), celebration, sacrifice, and sprinkling songs. The singing styles include solo, lead singing, chorus singing, duet singing, etc., especially solo singing. The lyrics are full of metaphors, the phrases are complete, the musical images are concentrated, and the humor is funny, which makes people happy. Labor category: singing in spring planting, autumn harvest, digging medicine, caustic soda, logging, hunting, grazing, etc. Love category: singing about love, -, marriage proposal, husband-wife love, resistance to feudal marriage, etc. Persuasion category: warning the world, persuading people to seek truth and be pragmatic, tenacious and hardworking, exposing evil, etc. Song category: Hengshan Song is the most famous. Festive category: mostly used in red and white weddings, festivals and holidays. Sacrifice category: funerals, ancestor worship, tomb sweeping (this type of lyrics is less). The lyrics of Xiling folk songs are humorous, rough, wild, stimulating, tense and infectious, and intriguing. The tone is high-pitched, primitive, simple, and ethereal, which is truly authentic and original. The melody is smooth and the rhythm is steady. The tune can be sung repeatedly with the number of words. Singing folk songs is not limited by time and space. It is popular and widespread. People can enjoy themselves or participate in singing, celebrations and activities. The tunes are bright, relaxed and have distinct rhythms. Folk songs emphasize true feelings. They reflect the hardworking, simple and fearless pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty by mountain people. The sincerity and noble feelings of folk songs provide content and form for people today to learn through singing and teaching through entertainment. Xiling folk songs have existed in people's production, life and labor since the beginning of human habitation. They are authentic folk songs in the cultural feast. Information source: Chengdu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center Information source: Chengdu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center