"Peony Khan" is a folk song from the Ili region of Xinjiang.

"Peony Khan" was created in 1940 by Chinese national musician Wang Luobin and a Uyghur folk song music work released by singer Baichuan on August 1, 2007. The melody of this song is soul-stirring and melodious, and Mudanhan is a Uighur woman's name, which is the name of the lover in the song.

Song source

A long time ago, a Uighur wandering artist met Mudan Khan in the Barluk Mountains. The two fell in love at first sight and fell in love. Mudan Khan comes from a wealthy family and is a prominent local family. Mudanhan's father found out that his daughter had fallen in love with a homeless man. He was furious and locked up Mudanhan.

Mudan Khan remained obsessed with her, and on the way to secretly meet her sweetheart, she was beaten to death with a riding crop by her father who caught up with him on horseback. Mudan Khan was buried at the place where they met. The wandering artist rushed to the meeting place, but he didn't expect that his beautiful sweetheart had died for love. The wandering artist faced a new grave and sang a touching song with grief, "Are you the power of my life?" This is the Xinjiang folk song "Peony Khan" 》Origin.