Introduction to tea songs: There are about 19 kinds of lyrics in Ge Tao. Most of the lyrics are seven words and four sentences. The last words of the second and fourth sentences usually rhyme, and usually use rhetorical techniques such as metaphor, concatenation, personification, and exaggeration. According to their styles and melodies, they can be divided into: tea songs, wine songs, rice songs, folk songs, style songs and wedding songs, etc. These songs are closely connected with the customs and activities of the Miao people and run through the social production and life of the Miao people. all aspects. The singing method generally involves one person narrating the song and clarifying the content of the lyrics to be sung; then one person sings the song and determines the pitch; and finally everyone sings in harmony. There is also a song-and-answer format, which is equivalent to a conversation between host and guest. The singing language was originally Miao. Later, in order to facilitate recording and inheritance, it gradually evolved into singing in local Chinese dialects. This kind of local Chinese is also called "sour words". Nowadays, except for individual tunes such as rice songs, Miao songs are sung using the unified "sour words" of Fengchong in Sanzhu Township as the language standard.