Quanzhou Nanyin is known as the living fossil of music culture.

Nanyin, also known as "Xianguan" and "Quanzhou Nanyin", is the traditional music of the southern Fujian region of Fujian Province and one of the UNESCO representative works of the intangible cultural heritage of mankind. 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 a Han music with a long history in China.

Nanyin originated in the Tang Dynasty and 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.

"Southern music" refers to the area where it spreads. "Xianguan" refers to wind music with silk, bamboo and xiao strings as the main instruments. In ancient times, it was mostly called "Xianguan"; "Langjun music" and "Langjun singing" It refers to the fact that Nanguan musicians worship Langjun of Meng Mansion as the god of music. It is also called "Jinqu", "Five Tones", etc.

The singing form of Nanyin

The singing form of Quanzhou Nanyin is pipa and three strings on the right, and Xiao and two strings on the left. The person holding the clapper is in the middle and sings. This is more consistent with the "silk and bamboo" style of the Han Dynasty. , the performance form of the song "Song of the Executor" is in the same vein.

The main form of Nanyin singing is "the harmony of silk and bamboo, and the clapper playing the song." Indoors, the pipa and three strings are on the right, the dongxiao and the second string are on the left, and the singer is in the center while holding the clapper. Outdoors, the singer holds the clapper in the center, with the pipa and the third string on the left, and the dongxiao and the second string on the right.

Regular singing of Nanyin is always performed in the southern Fujian dialect. According to ancient practice, the "zhitao" must be played first, and then Sanqu is sung. Singing songs is the main content of Nanyin. After one person sings, he respectfully hands the clapper to the second person, and then sings one song after another, and finally ends with playing the big score.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Nanyin