1 INTRoDUCTIoN 2 CHINESE FOLK SONGS AND SONG-DANCE MUSIC 2.1 Folk Songs 2.2 Song-Dance Music 3 THE CULTURAL AREA OF GUANDONG FOLK SONGS AND SONG-DANCE MUSIC 3.1 Regional Overview 3.2 Representative Music and Genres 4 FOLK SONGS AND SONG-DANCE MUSIC IN INNER MONGOLIA 4.1 Regional Overview 4.2 :Representative Music and Genres 4.3 Features of Mongolian Folk Songs and Song-dance 5 FOLK SONGS AND SONG-DANCE MUSIC IN XINJIANG 5.1 Regional Overview 5.2 Representative Music and Genres 6 FOLK SONGS AND SONG-DANCE MUSIC IN CENTRAL PLAINS 6.1 Regional Overview 6.2 Representative Music and Genres 7 THE FOLK SONGS AND SONG-DANCE MUSIC OF QIN AND JIN 7.1 Regional Overview 7.2 Representative Music and Genres 7.3 Musical Features 8 THE FOLK SONGS AND SONG-DANCE MUSIC OF QINGHAI.TIBET 8.1 Regional Overview 8.2 Representative Music and Genres 8.3 Features of Tibetan Music 9 THE FOLK SONGS AND SONG-DANCE MUSIC OF BASHU 9.1 Regional Overview 9.2 Representative Music and Genres 10 THE FOLK SONGS AND SONG-DANCE MUSIC OF JINGCHU 10.1 Regional 0verview 10.2 Representative Music and Genres 11 THE FoLK SONGS AND SONG-DANCE MUSIC OF WUYUE 11.1 Regional 0verview 11.2 ReDresentative Music and Genres 12 THE FOLK SONGS AND SONG-DANCE MUSIC OF DIAN(YUNNAN)-QIAN (GUIZHOU) 12.1 Regional 0verview 12.2 ReDresentative Music and Genres 13 THE FoLK SONGS AND SONG-DANCE MUSIC IN MIN(FUJIAN)-TAI(TAIWAN) REGIoN 13.1 Regional Overview 13.2 ReDresentative Music and Genres 14 THE FoLK SONGS AND SONG-DANCE MUSIC OF LINGNAN 14.1 Regional 0verview 14.2 Representative Music and Genres 15 THE FOLK SONGS AND SONG-DANCE MUSIC OF HAKKA 15.1 Regional Overview 15.2 ReDresentative Music and Genres Acknowledgments References