“桐城歌”历史悠久,2008年7月,“桐城歌”被列入国家第二批非物质文化遗产名录。它全面生动地反映了这一地区的民俗生活和文化传统,是研究和了解桐城人文、历史、文学、桐城派、黄梅戏发展史的重要依据。本文通过对“桐城歌”生存现状的调查,与“桐城歌”研究专家们座谈讨论:如何传承和发展桐城歌?最后笔者提出了三点建议。 “Tongcheng song ” has a long history, in July 2008, “Tongcheng song ” was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. It comprehensively and vividly reflects the folk life and cultural traditions in this area and is an important basis for studying and understanding the history of humanities, history, literature, Tongcheng School and Huangmei opera in Tongcheng. In this paper, through the investigation of the living status quo of “Tongcheng Song”, we discussed with the experts of “Tongcheng Song”: How to inherit and develop the Tongcheng song? Finally, the author put forward three suggestions.