Basic explanation: 1. A type of folk art popular in the Pearl River Delta. The lyrics are basically seven-character sentences with strict rhythm, and are accompanied by dulcimer, coconut palm, sanxian, dongxiao, pipa and other accompaniments. 2. Classical music popular in Fujian, with elegant style and beautiful melody. Also called Nanguan and Nanle.

Nanyin, also known as "Xianguan" and "Quanzhou Nanyin", is the traditional music of the southern Fujian region of Fujian Province and a world-class intangible cultural heritage.

Nanyin is known as the "living fossil in the history of Chinese music". It originated in Quanzhou, Fujian and is sung in the Hokkien language. It is the oldest existing ancient Han music in my country. Immigrants from the Central Plains during the Han, Jin, Tang, Song and other dynasties brought music culture to the southern Fujian region centered on Quanzhou, and integrated it with local folk music to form a cultural expression with the legacy of ancient music from the Central Plains.

Nanyin originated in the Tang Dynasty and was formed in the Song Dynasty. The singing method of Nanyin retains the traditional and ancient national singing method before the Tang Dynasty. The second creation of the singers and players is extremely random, and the performance of Nanyin also maintains the Characteristics of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Its music mainly consists of three categories: "finger", "notation" and "qu". It is a relatively rich and complete music genre in ancient Chinese music system and is a "representative work of human oral and intangible heritage".