The genres of Han folk songs are divided into three categories: labor chants, folk songs, and minor tunes.

1. Labor chants

Labor chants are folk songs that are produced and used in labor. The song is used to unify the pace and regulate breathing. The chant is a folk song that directly accompanies physical labor and closely matches the rhythm of labor. It is produced in the labor process, directly serves production labor, and truly reflects the labor situation and the mental outlook of workers. Its musical image is rough, heroic, solid and powerful, and is an indispensable organic part of some physical labor.

2. Folk songs

Folk songs refer to songs that people sing impromptu while working in the fields or expressing emotions. It has extensive content, short structure, hearty melody, simple emotion, high pitch and free rhythm. Folk songs are a type of folk songs for working people to freely express their emotions. The most common contents in traditional folk songs are love and suffering. Folk songs are often sung outdoors. The tunes are often high-pitched and loud, the rhythms are free and long, and the lyrics are mostly improvised.

3. Minor tune

Minor tune is a type of Chinese Han folk song genre. Generally refers to Han folk songs and dances popular in urban markets. After being passed down through the ages, it has undergone a lot of artistic processing and has the characteristics of balanced structure, regular rhythm, delicate and gentle melody.

Representative works of Han folk songs

1. "Sichuan River Boatman's Haozi"

"Sichuan River Boatman's Haozi" belongs to the haozi folk song. "Chuanjiang Boatman Haozi" is composed of eight different chants, including "Pingshui Haozi", "Jiantan Haozi", "Shangtan Haozi", "Desperate Haozi" and "Xiatan Haozi" A large model combination that is both unified and contrasting.

2. "When will the Sophora japonica bloom?"

"When will the Sophora japonica bloom?" is a folk song and a classic among Sichuan folk songs. It is actually a traditional song in the Yibin area. Folk songs have a long history of formation. Although there are only four short lines in the lyrics of "When Will the Sophora Flowers Bloom", the image of a smart and shy rural girl who falls in love is vividly presented to us in just a few words.

3. "Flower Flowers Tune"

"Flower Flowers Tune" is a minor tune, also known as Double Overlapping Green and Overlapping Broken Bridge. The traditional repertoire of Fengyang Flower Drums was spread throughout the country during the Qing Dynasty. "Flower Flower Tune" has been sung in Liuhe, Nanjing for a hundred years, and is also the predecessor of Yangzhou's city song "Jasmine Flower".