Is there a living fossil in the history of China music in Quanzhou?

Quanzhou has a "living fossil" in the music history of China.

Quanzhou, located in the southeast coast of the motherland, is one of the first 24 famous historical and cultural cities, with the reputation of "Zou Lu on the seashore" and "City of Light". Quanzhou Nanyin is a world-class intangible cultural heritage, known as "the living fossil in China's music history", sung in southern Fujian, and is the oldest existing ancient Chinese music in China.

Nanyin originated in the Tang Dynasty and was formed in the Song Dynasty. Thousands of years ago, immigrants from the Central Plains came to southern Fujian, bringing music culture, from which this beautiful and ancient music was born. There are two main musical instruments of Quanzhou Nanyin: the upper four pipes and the lower four pipes. Pipa and Sanxian are commonly used in the upper four pipes, and alto suona and flat drum are commonly used in the lower four pipes, which still continues the playing style in the Tang Dynasty.

Nanyin inheritor

1, Su Tongmou

Sue accomplice, male, Han nationality, from Jinjiang, Fujian, 1939. The representative inheritor of Nanyin, the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects, is the executive vice chairman of Quanzhou Nanyin Association and the chairman of Jinjiang Nanyin Association. He has led many delegations to visit the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and other countries, and edited and published several works such as Selected Works of String Ensemble, Complete Works of String Finger Score, Selected Works of String Ancient Music and Selected Works of String Ancient Music (8 volumes).

2. Li Baiyan

Li Baiyan, female, Han nationality, born in 1966, is the first provincial representative inheritor of Nanyin, the UNESCO representative list of human intangible cultural heritage. She acted as the lead singer in Nanyin's application for world intangible cultural heritage, recorded a large number of Nanyin solo albums which sold well at home and abroad, played a demonstration role in Nanyin's promotion, and was invited to visit and perform in France, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan Province Province and other countries and regions for many times.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Nanyin