CHAPTER 1 Introduction
1.1 Background and rationale
1.1.1 Foreign research status
1.1.2 Research status in China
1.2 Objectives of the study
1.3 Research questions
1.4 Definition of terms
1.4.1 Hakka mountain songs
1.4.2 Identity
1.4.3 Development
1.4.4 Change
1.5 Scope of the study
1.6 Significance of the study
1.7 Conceptual framework
1.8 Outline of the study
CHAPTER 2 Research Methodology
2.1 Research design
2.1.1 Literature review method
2.1.2 Fieldwork
2.1.3 Observation method
2.2 Data collection
2.3 Data analysis
2.3.1 Literature analysis
2.3.2 Comparative analysis
2.3.3 Music analysis
CHAPTER 3 Hakka Music Culture
3.1 The historical origin of Hakka music culture
3.1.1 Hakka music culture in ancient times
3.1.2 Hakka music culture from 1930 to 1978
3.1.3 Hakka music culture after Chinese reform and opening-up (after 1978)
3.2 The classification of Hakka music culture
3.2.1 Hakka traditional songs
3.2.2 Hakka instrumental music
3.2.3 Hakka song and dance
3.2.4 Hakka opera
3.2.5 Hakka rap art
3.3 The characteristic of Hakka music culture
3.3.1 The integration of Hakka music culture
3.3.2 The rationality of Hakka music culture
3.3.3 Openness and inclusiveness of Hakka music culture
3.4 Ecological environment of Hakka music culture
3.4.1 Natural ecology
3.4.2 Social ecology
CHAPTER 4 The Identity of I-Iakka Mountain Songs
4.1 The historical origin of Hakka mountain songs
4.1.1 Formation of Hakka mountain songs
4.1.2 Historical changes of Hakka mountain songs
4.2 The classification of Hakka mountain songs
4.2.1 Love songs
4.2.2 Production and life mountain songs
4.2.3 Current political mountain songs
4.2.4 Folklore mountain songs
4.2.5 Special forms of mountain songs
4.3 Musical morphological feature of Hakka mountain songs
4.3.1 Meters characteristics of Hakka mountain songs
4.3.2 Rhythm characteristics of Hakka mountain songs
4.3.3 Scale characteristics of Hakka mountain songs
4.4 Language features of Hakka mountain songs
4.4.1 The language features of life and visualization
4.4.2 The application of mood tone words
4.4.3 The use of rhetorical devices in Hakka mountain songs
4.5 Characteristics of accompaniment of Hakka mountain songs
4.5.1 Characteristics of accompaniment of Xingguo Hakka mountain songs
4.5.2 Characteristics of accompaniment of Meizhou Hakka mountain songs
4.6 Singing forms of Hakka mountain songs
4.6.1 Solo singing
4.6.2 Duet singing
4.6.3 Mountain song battle on the platform
4.6.4 Group singing and performing of mountain songs
4.7 Functions of Hakka mountain songs
4.7.1 Entertaining and communicative functions
4.7.2 Publicity and educational functions
4.7.3 Religious and cultural inheritance functions
CHAPTER 5 Investigation on the Present Situation of Hakka Mountain Songs
5.1 An analysis of the present situation of the spread and development of Hakka mountain songs
5.1.1 Disseminator
5.1.2 Dissemination content
5.1.3 Dissemination channel
5.1.4 Audience of communication
5.1.5 Communication effect
5.2 An analysis of the causes of the development and decline of Hakka mountain songs
5.2.1 Internal reasons
5.2.2 External reasons
CHAPTER 6 Measures and Paths of Inheriting and Developing Hakka Mountain Songs
6.1 Give full play to the main role of the government
6.1.1 Strengthening the funding budget and expanding the sources of funds
6.1.2 Establishing and improving the protection mechanism and management system of Hakka mountain songs
6.1.3 Constructing the protection, cultivation and inheritance system of Hakka mountain song inheritors
6.2 Developing the m