CHAPTER 1 Introduction
1.1 Background and rationale
1.1.1 Foreign research status
1.1.2 Research status in China
1.2 Objectives of the study
1.3 Research questions
1.4 Definition of terms
1.4.1 Hakka mountain songs
1.4.2 Identity
1.4.3 Development
1.4.4 Change
1.5 Scope of the study
1.6 Significance of the study
1.7 Conceptual framework
1.8 Outline of the study
CHAPTER 2 Research Methodology
2.1 Research design
2.1.1 Literature review method
2.1.2 Fieldwork
2.1.3 Observation method
2.2 Data collection
2.3 Data analysis
2.3.1 Literature analysis
2.3.2 Comparative analysis
2.3.3 Music analysis
CHAPTER 3 Hakka Music Culture
3.1 The historical origin of Hakka music culture
3.1.1 Hakka music culture in ancient times
3.1.2 Hakka music culture from 1930 to 1978
3.1.3 Hakka music culture after Chinese reform and opening-up (after 1978)
3.2 The classification of Hakka music culture
3.2.1 Hakka traditional songs
3.2.2 Hakka instrumental music
3.2.3 Hakka song and dance
3.2.4 Hakka opera
3.2.5 Hakka rap art
3.3 The characteristic of Hakka music culture
3.3.1 The integration of Hakka music culture
3.3.2 The rationality of Hakka music culture
3.3.3 Openness and inclusiveness of Hakka music culture
3.4 Ecological environment of Hakka music culture
3.4.1 Natural ecology
3.4.2 Social ecology
CHAPTER 4 The Identity of I-Iakka Mountain Songs
4.1 The historical origin of Hakka mountain songs
4.1.1 Formation of Hakka mountain songs
4.1.2 Historical changes of Hakka mountain songs
4.2 The classification of Hakka mountain songs
4.2.1 Love songs
4.2.2 Production and life mountain songs