在古人把民歌叫“风”的称谓中蕴含着深刻的原始文艺观念和文学发生哲学。称民歌为“风” ,源于视风声为天地之乐的原始概念 ,支持这个观念的是上古的风神崇拜文化和视风为风神 (凤凰 )的歌吟的神话。古人由“风”创造了上古灿烂的音律文化。称民歌为“风” ,隐含着民歌出于天地自然的宇宙哲学命题 ,又隐含着民歌与神灵相通的神学命题。从自然之风到人文之“风”(民歌 ) ,并不只是修辞上的简单类比 ,它透露出古人原始的文学发生学思想 In the ancients called the folk song called “Wind” contains a profound concept of the original literary and literary philosophy. Calling folk songs “winds” stems from the original concept of seeing the sound of the wind as the theme of heaven and earth. This is supported by the ancient cult of the goddess of worship and the mythology of seeing the wind sing for Fengshen (Phoenix). The ancients by the “wind” to create a splendid musical culture. Calling folk songs “winds” implies the cosmic philosophical propositions of folk songs out of the natural world, and also implies the theological propositions of folk songs and gods. From the style of nature to the “wind” of humanities (folk songs), it is not merely a simple rhetorical analogy, it reveals the primitive thinking of the ancient Chinese literature