Also known as Nanyin, Nanyue, Nanguan, Southern Tone or Southern Melody, Southern Music is the most popular local folk art form and the most ancient music that exists in contemporary China.
Historical evidence shows that Southern Music existed as early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties over 1,000 years ago. Historical annals indicate that in 1713 A.D., leading stringed instrument singers gathering in Beijing for performances in celebration of the 60th birthday of the Qing Emperor Kangxi; Southern Music also joined the performances in Beijing and was praised by the emperor, who awarded the performers an embroidered plaque with the inscription of imperial Hearing Delight as well as colored umbrellas and palace lanterns and granted the urheen player the honor of treading on the golden lion. This ancient music is played with pi-pa, lute, urheen and trichord, with beautiful melody and strong local features.
The art style of the Nangu is of primitive simplicity and elegant and mild and touching. It prevails widely in Xiamen, Quanzhou, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia since long. The music is also popular with the overseas Chinese in the Southeastern Asian countries. Every year, quite a few overseas fans of Southern Music visit China, singing and performing together with the lovers of the music in their ancestral hometowns, which make cozy and strong situations. The music has been a bridge to communicate with overseas Chinese and compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao.
Reprehensive works include Plum Blossom Exercise, Eight Fine Horses, Midnight Man and Thanks to princess, which have all been made into records and distributed abroad. |
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