河南时政歌谣的传统特色

河南是中华明的发祥地，夏商以来直到宋金为止，河南几乎一直是历代帝王建都之地。身处天子脚下的河南人创作了大量的时政歌谣。河南时政歌谣富有传统特色：一、敢于把柔头直指最高统治，公开揭帝后之短、之丑、之劣、之毒；二、对宦官、外戚、奸臣把持朝政、祸国殃民现象深恶痛绝，大胆谴责；三、对清官廉吏的歌颂总是发自肺腑由衷赞美，流露出无比的敬爱之情；四、富于现实性、政治性和斗争性，感情强烈，爱憎分明，语言形象生动，简短有力。

Traditional Feature of Political Ballads in Henan

Henan Province is the cradle of the Chinese civilization. From the Xia Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty Henan has been the place where the capital cities were located. People in Henan have created a lot of political ballads. This paper sums up the traditional features of these ballads, namely: the courage to criticize the ugliness of emperors and their royal families; the courage to criticize the corruption of the federal officials holding very important positions; sincere love and praises of those honest and upright officials; richness in their emotions and vividness and brevity of their language.