Since the Neolithic period, Baoying has had ancestors who have been farming and living here. Labor has created a beautiful homeland and also nurtured Baoying folk songs. Since the beginning of written records, there have been relevant records of singing songs in all dynasties. Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty left a poem "Singing Xu Anyi" on his way to Baoying. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Baoying folk songs were very prosperous. The "Anyi County Chronicles" states: "There are thousands of songs on the Gaobao singing stage." In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, floods continued, and the victims compiled labor songs into folk tunes for begging outside and for various incense meetings and temple fairs for worshiping gods and ghosts to entertain people and gods. During the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Liberation, folk songs developed unprecedentedly and became a powerful tool for educating people and boosting morale. In the 1960s, mutual aid groups and collectivization brought Baoying folk songs into their heyday. Baoying folk songs originated from labor songs created by local people to improve their interest, relieve fatigue, and express emotions in heavy physical labor. Baoying folk songs include labor songs (including yangge songs, water-carrying songs, cattle-calling songs, pounding songs, boat-rowing songs, jumping load songs, fishing songs, etc.) and folk songs, with a wide range of themes, including history and geography, emperors and generals, joy and sorrow, and flirting. Labor songs are mostly improvised, 0, playful, so-called "there is no big or small in the rice-planting field". Folk songs are mainly about talking about love, reflecting the rich emotional world of farmers. Baoying folk songs have high artistic value. The lyrics are vivid and lively, full of the fun of life, reflecting rich emotions, and many classic singing segments have extremely high literary value. The melody of Baoying folk songs is very distinctive, with fresh and beautiful tunes. In the 1950s, the summer market water-carrying song "Embroidered Pocket" was sung in Zhongnanhai and became popular at home and abroad. The beautiful melody of the yangge song "Ge Dongdai" conquered generations of listeners. Many nationally renowned musicians, such as Liu Chi, Huang Bai, Shan Lin, etc., have made special trips to our county to collect folk songs. Regional music workers such as Ge Hong, Wang Yalun, and Zhou Qiyun have used the musical elements of folk songs to create a large number of new folk songs, which have been performed and won awards in many major national, provincial, and municipal competitions and activities. Baoying folk songs have also spawned a large number of well-known trumpet players. In 1956, Zheng Cheng participated in the Second National Folk Music and Dance Festival and performed for central leaders. In the 1990s, Zhang Youwen won the title of the top ten national peasant singers, and Dai Baohong was named an outstanding singer in the province. Since the 21st century, due to the changes in rural traditional farming culture, Baoying folk songs have gradually lost the soil on which they depend for survival, and young people have lost their enthusiasm for folk songs. With the passing of old folk singers, Baoying folk songs are seriously endangered. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)