Information of Purple Bamboo Tune

The "Purple Bamboo Tune" is a traditional ditty song widely spread in the Wu-speaking area (Southern Jiangsu, Shanghai, most of Zhejiang, Southern Anhui, etc.), whose origin can be traced back to the folk songs of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

The "Purple Bamboo Tune" is a folk song and a love tune in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also a basic tune and a common tune in Shanghai's local theater, Shanghai Opera and Comic Opera. It is also the basic tune and common tune of Shanghai local theater and comic opera. The "Purple Bamboo Tune" is easy and lively, with a gentle flow, which is not only pleasing to the ear, but also has a strong singing character, so it has always been the "popular music" of the Shanghai people in different periods of time. It is usually used for narrating, expressing emotions and exchanging ideas, and can be sung in solo or duet form.

The tune of "Purple Bamboo Tune" is healthy and upward, with flexible and changeable forms, vivid and atmospheric content, and is very characteristic of Shanghai and Shencheng style.