Melodies of the Dust Land Chapter 4

Any work that can be called "art" always follows a rule in its reflection of social life, which is to use the special to see the general - the rule of typification. This is a basic law in literary and artistic reflection.

Due to the long-term interference and destruction of literature and art by the ultra-left line, the typical law of treating the special with the general has been messed up, and even virtually negated, and the works produced are almost uniform in artistic reflection. Compared with those works, northern Shaanxi folk songs are so different, so unique, and so special in terms of material selection, performance angle, performance techniques, language, and especially its artistic style. It is free from the "vulgarity". Not only is it unique among Chinese folk songs, it is also free from the "vulgarity" of formula and conceptualization. It appears in front of people with a special image, always giving people new understanding, new feeling and new enlightenment.

The root cause is also very simple: Northern Shaanxi folk songs are produced in the natural state of life. Its creation methods, techniques, language, mood, color and other aspects are completely based on the aesthetic concepts of the working people of Northern Shaanxi. There is no Not subject to any limitations and influences. Therefore, compared with other works, it has a unique appearance and personality.

From the perspective of artistic reflection, the value of a work does not lie in its similarities with other works, but precisely in its differences; too much similarity in artistic reflection is a sign of the death of a work, and Its unique characteristics are a symbol of its strong vitality.