Hebei folk songs refer to the national music circulating in Hebei Province. It is simple, honest, tragic and desolate, or tactfully beautiful. It shows the simple and honest temperament of the working people of all ethnic groups in Hebei Province. Most of them depict real life, and some of them praise historical figures. The representatives of Hebei folk songs are "Cowherd", "Back to My Mother's Home" and "Chinese Cabbage".

"Chinese Cabbage" is a folk song that spreads in Hebei and northern China. With very economical music materials and refined artistic techniques, it has shaped the image of a truly poor rural girl. It profoundly shows the sadness and pain of a girl who lost her mother and was abused and helpless, and it is also a complaint against the unreasonable family relationship in the old society.

Song: Chinese cabbage

Song category: Hebei folk songs

Song genre: minor

Singing form: solo

Lyrics:

Chinese cabbage, the field is yellow; Two or three years old, without a mother. Mother, mother!

It's better to follow dad; I'm afraid dad will marry his stepmother. Mother, mother!

Married a stepmother, three and a half years; Having a younger brother is better than me. Mother, mother!

My brother eats noodles and I drink soup. Pick up the bowl, tearful. Mother, mother!

My mother misses me, who knows; I miss my mother, in a dream. Mother, mother!

Peach blossoms bloom, apricot blossoms fall; Think of your mother, a gust of wind. Mother, mother!