There used to be living four clans, i. e. the Hakka, the Cantonese, the Hoklo and the Danjia in Baoan County ( Shenzhen’ s used name) . Among them, the Hakka is the most populous. In Shenzhen there exist various folk songs such as Hakka folk songs, Cantonese folk songs, salty-water songs, fisherman's songs, etc. Of these folk songs, the Hakka folk songs are most various. In the new era the strategies for inheriting and developing the Hakka folk songs should be “to protect and innovate the original so as to save the fine pieces and attract the new generation.” In the meanwhile, the local government should provide platforms for creativity of music, participation of cultural elites, training of new talents and building up new points of academic growth.%深圳前身宝安县（新安县）原有四个民系杂处：客家、广府、福佬及疍家人，其中客家人居多。深圳民间歌谣种类繁多，有客家山歌、粤语山歌、咸水歌、渔歌等等，而以客家山歌最为丰富。在新的历史时期要传承发展好客家山歌，要做到“抢救原生态，精品留后代；创新原生态，吸引新一代”，同时关注如下几个要素：政府提供平台；发展创意产业；文化精英介入；扶持民间新人；建立新的学术增长点。
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