Jiujiang folk songs are Han folk songs that are popular in the surrounding areas of Chengmen, Mahuiling, Huanglaomen, Shizi, Chengzi Town, etc. in Jiangzhou District, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. Jiujiang folk songs have a wide range of themes, mainly to inspire people's enthusiasm for work, life feelings, and love between men and women. The forms are divided into high-pitched, flat-pitched, and low-pitched. Because there are only three notes in each song, it is also called three-tone tunes and three-tone folk songs. Its singing form is extremely simple, and the lyrics are very rich. It was selected into the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage catalog. Located in Jiangzhou District, Jiujiang City, in the north of Jiangxi Province, it is close to Lushan Mountain and the Yangtze River, and faces Huangmei, Hubei, and Susong, Anhui across the river. It was called "the head of Wu and the tail of Chu" in ancient times. It covers an area of 873 square kilometers and has a population of 340,000. The unique geographical environment has accumulated a profound cultural heritage and is known as "the hometown of Yuanming, the oriental pastoral". Among many local cultures, Jiujiang folk songs can be called a unique one. As for the origin, it is impossible to verify, but there is a folk song circulating in the countryside that goes: "It started in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty. It has been passed down from ancient times to the present. Generations of ancestors have planted fields and passed on songs from generation to generation. Singing folk songs to relieve boredom is a custom passed down from generation to generation here. Jiujiang folk songs have a wide range of themes, and the lyrics are mostly about labor and life feelings. Jiujiang folk songs are easy to remember and sing, with a straight form, natural and fluent intonation, and simple and touching content. The tunes are divided into high-pitched, flat-pitched, and low-pitched. The high-pitched tune has a high pitch, a wide sentence, and a long drag. The flat tune has a relatively low pitch and a symmetrical sentence. The low-pitched tune has a low pronunciation and is used to chant long stories, commonly known as "reading a song book." Among the various folk songs, the "three-tone tune" is the most prominent in Jiujiang folk songs. It is also incomparable to other original ecological songs. Jiujiang folk songs have a strong rural charm and strong artistic appeal. This is a precious treasure left to us by our ancestors, and it is also the spiritual food of the masses. It is formed by the working people's "word of mouth, improvisation and singing", but it is catchy to sing. It can eliminate fatigue and increase labor enthusiasm in production, exchange thoughts and feelings in life, add enthusiasm for life, and also express the ardent yearning for a better life. Jiujiang folk songs are both a lyric poem and a textbook, and a cultural symbol that lives in the mouths of the people. The lyrics not only involve labor and love, but also astronomy, geography, grains, flowers and birds, life philosophy and historical stories. It has multiple functions such as emotionality, fun and knowledge. Among the 50 songs in the "Collection of Chinese Folk Songs (Jiangxi Volume)" published in 1996, Jiujiang's "three-tone tune" is the most unique, providing rich materials for music workers. His representative work "New Four-part Bicycle" won the first prize for adaptation and singing in the East China Folk Song Concert. It has been published in "Music Newsletter", "Tianjin Music", "Jiangxi Folk Songs", "Voice of the Heart" and other publications, and is known as a wonderful flower in folk songs. Current situation Jiujiang folk songs were originally an indispensable part of the lives of local people. People sing casually and naturally. Jiujiang "three-tone" folk songs are the spiritual food of the people. It expresses people's thoughts and feelings and enhances people's enthusiasm for work. During labor, people use poetic language to explain grains, eating, dressing and a bright future, and use interesting content to adjust the labor atmosphere and speed up the labor rhythm. During the slack season, people also often use folk songs to sing long stories and talk about the past and the present; "three-tone" folk songs are people's love poems. The expression of love occupies a large proportion in Jiujiang folk songs, and the lyrics are mostly in parallel sentences. Use hearty language to reflect the cheerfulness of the character, and use clever allegory to express the heart of the character; "three-tone" folk songs are also textbooks of cultural knowledge. In life, people sing about the ancients, learn about historical and cultural knowledge, sing about place names, learn to increase geographical knowledge, sing about agricultural seasons and grains, enrich labor knowledge, sing about long stories, enhance literary knowledge, sing about philosophy, and teach people to strive for progress. However, with the change of people's life concepts and the change of the value orientation of the younger generation, the enthusiasm for inheriting ancient folk songs is being lost, and the original ecological Jiujiang "three-tone" folk songs are facing a survival crisis. These are the social, historical and cultural backgrounds that have caused the "Jiujiang folk songs" to face endangerment. In response to this, the state has formulated a series of goals, policies and working principles for the protection of intangible cultural heritage. Jiangzhou District seized the opportunity, took advantage of this opportunity, and made great efforts to rescue and protect it. A large number of personnel were organized to collect, record, classify and catalog the "three-tone" folk songs, establish a complete archive, and adopt recording, video recording, digital multimedia and other means. The "three-tone" folk songs are recorded truthfully, comprehensively and systematically, and the survey materials and related matters are properly preserved. Collect and organize more than 260 songs in the "Jiangzhou District Folk Songs Collection", including more than 100 "Sanshengqu" folk songs. Important protection is provided for influential representative inheritors. At the same time, strengthen the training of inheritors (heirs), pay attention to the formation of self-consciousness among young people, and organize young and middle-aged folk song inheritors to spread singing skills in key areas where folk songs are spread. The county cultural department will also organize more than 100 folk song competitions of various types with the Chengmen Township Government, with more than 10,000 participants. Broadcasting, television, the Internet, newspapers and other media are used to widely publicize the "Sanshengqu" folk songs, and folk song concerts are held regularly to expand the influence of the "Sanshengqu" folk songs. The county government has established an intangible cultural heritage protection leading group, an expert guidance group and an intangible cultural heritage protection center, and has studied and formulated measures to rescue and protect the "Sanshengqu" folk songs. The county and township governments have invested more than 300,000 yuan in funds to build a cultural activity center in Chengmen Township, the county's cultural and artistic hometown, so that the masses have a place to sing and a platform for activities.