China has a long history and profound culture. The vast variety of Chinese folk music, with its high aesthetic value and humanistic research value, is the root of Chinese music. All of the 56 ethnic groups have their folk own music of different styles, and Chinese folk music is the music created by all ethnic groups living and reproducing on this land for generations based on a long historical and cultural tradition, which has national characteristics and reflects its culture and spirit. The music created by Chinese musicians and Chinese folk music with pentatonic mode are songs or pieces of music produced and spread among the people which express folk life and production. Chinese folk music is one of the most distinctive artistic form in the world. Over the thousands of years of civilization, the Chinese people have created a large number of outstanding folk music and formed a folk music system with profound connotations and rich contents which occupies an important place in the music of the world. We should know Chinese music, sing some Chinese songs, listen to traditional music and investigate Chinese music from an national, historical and regional perspective. In this way, we can truly understand Chinese music and its status and value in the world music system.