“花儿”,亦名“少年”,是流行在青海、甘肃、宁夏、等西北省区的一种民歌。它象陕北的“信天游”,内蒙古的“爬山歌”一样,以自己独特的艺术生命力,深深扎根在大西北广阔的土壤中。它的发展年代久远,早已打破了地域和民族的界线,为西北地区汉、回、土、撒拉、保安、东乡、裕固等七个民族群众所喜听乐唱,成为他们共同的心声。近年来“花儿令”已与戏剧、舞蹈、电影等形式结合,如舞蹈《花儿与少年》;歌剧《向阳川》、《应征途上》和电影《黄河飞渡》、《白莲花》等等,搬上了艺术舞台,深受全国人民所喜爱。“花儿”的特点是形式短小活泼,内容丰富多彩,形象生动鲜明,语言简练明确 ,并富有浓郁的生活气息。 “Flower”, also known as “juvenile”, is a folk song popular in Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, and other provinces in Northwest China. It is like the “letter sky tour” in northern Shaanxi, “mountain climbing song” in Inner Mongolia, with its own unique artistic vitality, deeply rooted in the vast northwest soil. Its age-old development has long broken the boundary between regions and ethnic groups and has become a common aspiration for the joy and joy of the seven ethnic groups in the northwestern region such as Han, Hui, Tu, Salar, Security, Dongxiang and Yugur. In recent years, the “Flower Order” has been combined with the forms of drama, dance and cinema, such as the dance “Flowers and Juveniles”; the operas “Xiangyangchuan”, “Journey to the Departure” and the movie “Yellow River Ferry” and “White Lotus” And so on, moved onto the stage of the arts, loved by the people of the country. Flowers are characterized by short and lively forms, rich and colorful content, vivid images, concise language, rich life style.