Thursday, September 25, 2008

Shan'ge

Shange is a genre of folk song. They are commonly sung in rural provinces; the word shange means "mountain song".

A number of different subtypes are:
*Hua'er, popular in the northwestern China provinces such as Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai
*Xinrianyou and Shan'qu are popular in Shaanxi and Shanxi
*Zhengjinghong, from the Anhui province
*Xingguo, from the Jiangxi province
*Hengyang from the Hunan Province
*Hakka from the Guangdong Province
*Lalu, a Tibetan shan'ge
*Changdiao , a Mongolian shan'ge
*Feige, a Miao shan'ge

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