Shidaiqu
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Shidaiqu is a type of Chinese popular music that is a fusion of Chinese folk, American jazz and Hollywood film music that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s.
Singer Zhou Xuan remains an icon of the Shidaiqu era
Bai Guang played a prominent role in Shidaiqu music
Shanghai in the 1930s represented the center of the Shidaiqu music phenomenon
Music of China
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The music of China consists of many distinct traditions, often specifically originating with one of the country's various ethnic groups. It is produced within the country, involving people of Chinese
Shidaiqu
…Shidaiqu (Chinese: 時代曲; pinyin: shídàiqǔ; Wade–Giles: shih2 tai4 chʻü3; Jyutping: si4 doi6 kuk1) is a type of Chinese popular music that is a fusion of Chinese folk, American jazz and Hollywood film music that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s. The term shídàiqǔ (時代曲) literally translates to 'songs of the era…
Lively musicians playing a bamboo flute and a plucked instrument, Chinese ceramic statues displayed at the Shanghai Museum, dating to the Eastern Han period (25–220 AD)
A 9,000 year-old bone flute from Henan
Ensemble of musicians, some playing the Guzheng and others play the Sheng, 2nd century BCE, Mawangdui tomb.
A set of bronze bells called bianzhong c. 5th century B.C. from Hubei