Chinese folk music is mainly divided into three types: mountain song、work song and Ditty. In bounteous China, each area has its unique music art culture, coming along with the long history process, civilization evolutions and fusion between ethnics.”Huaer” is a kind of mountain song of folk music, Hehuang huaer and Taomin Huaer are the mainly two genres of this art form. The mainly deliver way is by people who work around China, and has a characteristic that a song will be different from every singer.
In this thesis, except the represent of research motive and purpose、research scope、research approach and method、literature review, the contents is mainly divided into three parts. The first part is going to state the distribution in geographical scope、historical background、the genres and characteristics of the art form, as well as extension and inheritance of Huaer meetings. The second part is the discussion about the music genres and the literary of lyrics of huaer, such as the rhetoric of literary and the performance of the singing skills to extend the musicality. The third part is focus on the investigation and comparison on the literary characteristics of eight pieces of Hehuang Huaer, also to analyze the music form and performance of the music.
After the ruin of the Culture Revolution（1966-1976）, with the support of Zhu Zhonglu（1922~2007）and the media utilized by the local government, it took almost 20 years to regain the attention of the public. There are more and more valuable reference bibliographies, no matter writings、periodicals、documentary films and so on. Moreover, it has been listed as a World Intangible Culture Heritage by United Nations Educational Scientific and Culture Organization（UNESCO）. Huaer reflects not only the vast landscape of west-north china, but also people’s vitality. No matter past or future, Huaer must be discussed and learned, also an important folk music form of Chinese music.
