The music in Quanzhou that is known as a living fossil in Chinese music history is the Nan Yin (南音).

The music in Quanzhou known as the living fossil in Chinese music history is Nanyin.

Nanyin, also known as String Pipe or Quanzhou Nanyin, is the traditional music of Minnan, Fujian Province, listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009, and is known as a living fossil in the history of Chinese music. It is sung in the Minnan language, and was brought in by immigrants from the ancient Central Plains and fused with the folk music of Minnan, with the characteristics of ancient music of the Central Plains.

Strings and winds is a collective term for two kinds of musical instruments: stringed instruments and wind instruments. Stringed instruments include all kinds of fiddles, erhu, horse-head qin, etc., and wind instruments include all kinds of woodwinds and brass instruments, etc., referring to musical instruments in general. String and wind instruments originated in the pre-Qin Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and took shape in the Song Dynasty, which is one of the most ancient and simple music types in all of China.

Modern good string and wind music are "Confession Balloon"-Jay Chou, "Passing Through the Earth"-Lee Tsung Shing, "Rush"-Faye Wong, "Ain"-Lee Hacken, "Don't Break My Heart"-Black Panther Band.

The Origin of Stringed Pipes

Stringed Pipes, also known as Nanyin, is the oldest surviving traditional ancient music in China. The immigrants from the Central Plains in the dynasties of the two Han, Jin, Tang, and the two Songs brought their musical culture into the Southern Fujian region centered on Quanzhou and fused it with the local folk music, forming a form of cultural expression that has the legacy of the ancient music of the Central Plains.

The origin of orchestral instruments can be traced back to the ancient Greek and Roman periods, when they were mainly used to imitate animal sounds and the sounds of nature. During the ancient Greek and Roman periods, orchestral instruments were mainly divided into two categories, one being wind instruments and the other being string instruments. Wind instruments mainly included reed flutes, bagpipes, reed pipes, etc., while stringed instruments included various kinds of zither, zither, and thurible.

With the passage of time, wind and string instruments have gradually developed and become an important part of music. During the European Renaissance, orchestral instruments began to be used in large numbers and gradually formed the basis of classical music.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia of Nanyin for the above