Yichang stringed and woodwind instrumental music is unique among all the folk instrumental music in Hubei Province. It takes strings and bamboos as main instruments to perform. It is a variety of artistic instrument which is combined with ...
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The Wudang Mountain was called Taihe Mountain in ancient times. Located in Shiyan City of Hubei Province, the mountain looks sublime and imposing, commanding the Danjiangkou reservoir and backing on Shennongjia forested area, with a ...
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Shuahaier (literally, play with child) Opera, or Keke Tone, is a genre of opera tune named after the Qu tune. It is prevailing in Datong City and the neighboring area in the north of Shanxi Province. Shuahaier Opera is evolved from the tune ...
Shandong clapper ballad is a very typical folk art form of story-telling of rhyme-singing performance. It is also called "Wu Laoer", as in its early period it mainly performed the stories of Wu Song who was the second child of the Wu family ...
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Bashan Bei'erge (Song of Bashan Back-carriers) is a folk song form born and popular in area under the jurisdiction of Bazhong City, which is at the southern foot of Mount Micang in northeastern Sichuan Province. In the past, the area was ...
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Lolo Tone is a genre of opera prevailing in Lingqiu County and the neighboring area in Shanxi Province. Evolved from Yiyang Tone, Lolo Tone has its prime time in Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty and fell into decay in the late Qing ...