中國的民歌與鄉土社會有千絲萬縷的密切關係, 具有"傳載、抒表、傳訊、趨美"等功能。民歌以聲音的表現為主, 有很強的文化二義性, 這種二義性恰恰是表現了本土人與國民國家都要利用的社會詩性, 為他們提供了一個共存的彈性空間。

There is a close relationship between the folk songs and the earth bound society in China, bearing functions of load transfer, expression, dissemination of information and beauty aspiration etc. Folk songs are mainly presented through voice and thus possess powerful cultural duplicity, which rightly represents the social poetic quality that both the local residents and the nation-state need to take advantage of. A flexible space of co-existence is thus provided with for both of them.