Henan Xixia old folk song: flies trample on dead donkeys, ants step on collapsed bridges

Small locust tree, cherry,

Peppers are knotted on soap horn trees.

Blowing drums, beating trumpets,

Mule and horse carts pull the palanquin.

The wood sank to the bottom,

Rocks float on the water.

The little worm bites a hungry eagle,

The little mouse catches a big tanuki.

There are many paradoxes in folk songs, which is what we call bragging in the opposite direction, bragging in the opposite direction.

On the small locust tree are the locust flowers and locust horns, and the locust horns are made of the Chinese proprietary medicine locust horn pills, which are used to treat hemorrhoids. In the old folk song of Xixia, the small locust tree is full of cherries. The pervasiveness of the paradox makes the old folk song of Xixia, which was born in the folk, full of the pleasure of reading.

Soap horn trees are made of soap horn plates, and soap horn plates can be used as soap washing clothes. In the old folk song of Xixia, the soap horn tree is full of peppers. Chili peppers and soap horns are not the same thing, but in folk songs, they are very appropriately crowned.

The drum is beaten, and in the folk songs, the drum is blown. The trumpet is blown, but in the folk song, the trumpet becomes a drum, it is sounded. The drum trumpet switching role, in folk songs, is a normal expression of silence.

The palanquin is carried by people, and in the old days, the Zhixian of Neixiang County, that is, sitting on an eight-carrying sedan car. In folk songs, the palanquin is pulled by a mule and horse cart. Sitting in a car and riding a mule and horse cart are the same in folk songs.

Flies are very small, a donkey does not know how many flies can be trampled to death, in the old folk song of Xixia, flies can step on donkeys. Such a bull, only folk songs can blow out. Ants are very small, and fierce people will always say to weak people: Believe it or not, I can trample you to death like an ant with one foot. In the old folk song of Xixia, ants are very fierce and can stomp on a bridge. The powerful transformation of the weak is the desire of the people, and it is also the desire of the folk. Folk songs are always improving the self-confidence of the weak in the folk.

The wood porcelain of the oak tree is more important than the weight, but when it falls into the water, it also floats on the water. In folk songs, wood sinks to the bottom of the river. These folk songs are made of wood, and they are simply steel. Since ancient times, when stones are thrown into rivers, they will sink to the bottom. In folk songs, the stones are very light and float on top of the water. The state of wood and stone in the water can be changed, and only the old folk song of Xixia can do it at will.

Eagles can catch rabbits and pheasants, but in folk songs, eagles are picked up by a sparrow. Sparrows are called small worms in the folk language of Xixia. A small worm can pick up a hungry eagle, and this little worm must not only have courage, but also strength. Folk songs are folk fantasies that give the worms courage and strength. Rats are a platter of cats, and in folk songs, a small mouse can catch a big tanuki cat. The rat in the folk song is a mythical mouse, a rat with great power.

In the paradox of folk songs, anything small can be defeated by any powerful one. Paradox folk songs are the most popular folk songs. Similar to a lady of a noble family, married to a cowherd; similar to a pig slaughtering sheep, she easily won the title and became a donkey. So I love these paradoxical ballads.