浅谈蒙古族长调民歌的起源、分布及特点

蒙古族长调民歌反映着草原生活，而草原生活也离不开长调民歌。因为有了长调民歌的相伴，牧人才可以常年放牧而不感到厌倦。由于长调民歌的哺育，蒙古族才会有身心健康、感情丰富的子孙。从这个意义上说，长调民歌既是草原生活的组成部分，也是游牧生产力的重要因素。蒙古族民歌以声音宏大雄厉、曲调高亢悠扬而闻名。其内容非常丰富，有描写爱情和娶亲嫁女的，有赞颂马、草原、山川、河流的，也有歌颂草原英雄人物的，等等，这些民歌生动地反映了蒙古社会的风土人情。

On the Origin, Distribution and Feature of Mongolian Long-Tune Folk Songs

The Mongolian long-tune folk songs reflect the pastoral life and the pastoral life cannot exist without the long-tune folk songs.Owing to the companion of the long-tune folk songs,the Mongolian herdsmen will not be bored by the dull pastoral life.Thanks to the breed of the long-tune folk songs, the Mongolian can have offspring with healthy body and colorful sentiment.From this perspective,long-tune folk songs are the component of the pastoral life as well as the important pastoral product force.Mongolian long-tune songs are famous for their beautiful tunes and sufficient contents including all areas of the society such as love,marriage,wedding ceremony,the praise of cattle,grassland,mountain,river and even the praise of heroes on the grassland.These folk songs vividly reflect the customs and culture of Mongolian Society.