The music of Quanzhou known as the living fossil in Chinese music history is the Nan Yin

Quanzhou is known as a living fossil in the history of Chinese music.

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

Nanyin originated in the Tang Dynasty and was formed in the Song Dynasty. The singing style of Nanyin retains the traditional and ancient folk singing style before the Tang Dynasty, and its singers and players are extremely casual in their second creation, while the performance of Nanyin pipes also maintains the characteristics of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Its music mainly consists of three categories: "finger", "score" and "tune", and it is one of the richer and more complete music systems in ancient China.

The "Southern Music" is in terms of the geographical area where it has been passed down, and the "Stringed Pipes" refers to the music of the pipes with silk, bamboo, xiao and strings as the main instruments, which was mostly called "Stringed Pipes" in ancient times; "Langjun music" "Langjun singing" refers to the southern pipe music practitioners worship Mengfu Langjun as the god of music. There are also called "Jinqu", "Wuyin" and so on.

Artistic features:

Nanyin singing style, pay attention to the "slow, steady, sweet, round", which is characterized by: slow: melody melodious, melodious; steady: rhythmic stability, moderate speed; sweet: sweet tunes, beautiful sound; round: to small round tone The main theme is the minor round key, with a smooth melody and delicate feelings.

Nanyin's compositional techniques utilize the "four-phrase head" (i.e., two phrases plus a small passage) method, interspersing the melody with some liner notes, and using the erhu and flute as accompaniment instruments.

The singing form of Nanyin is mainly sitting singing, which has similarities with the traditional Chinese opera art. The music and instruments of Nanyin are also very much related to those of traditional Chinese music and instruments. In the form of singing, Nanyin adopts the form of "four lines". The lyrics of Nanyin include many references to the legend of the Eight Immortals.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Nanyin