Nanguan ( Chinese : 南管 ; pinyin : Nánguǎn ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Lâm-kóan ; lit. 'southern pipes'; also nanyin , nanyue , xianguan , or nanqu ) is a style of Chinese classical music from the southern Chinese province of Fujian . It is also popular in Taiwan , particularly Lukang on west coast, as well as among Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia .
10-1817: Nanguan may refer to: Nanguan music (南管), a style of Chinese classical music Nanguan District (南关区), Changchun, Jilin Subdistricts (南关街道) Nanguan Subdistrict, Suzhou, Anhui , in Yongqiao District , Suzhou, Anhui Nanguan Subdistrict, Baoding , in Nanshi District, Baoding , Hebei Nanguan Subdistrict, Zhangjiakou , in Xuanhua District , Zhangjiakou, Hebei Nanguan Subdistrict, Anyang , in Wenfeng District , Anyang, Henan Nanguan Subdistrict, Xuchang , in Weidu District , Xuchang, Henan Nanguan Subdistrict, Zhengzhou , in Guancheng Hui District , Zhengzhou, Henan Nanguan Subdistrict, Datong , in Cheng District, Datong , Shanxi Nanguan Subdistrict, Jiaozhou , in Jiaozhou City , Shandong Nanguan Subdistrict, Weifang , in Weicheng District, Weifang , Shandong Towns (南关镇) Nanguan, Zunyi , in Honghuagang District , Zunyi, Guizhou Nanguan, Lingshi County , in Lingshi County , Shanxi Topics referred to by
20-531: A two-stringed "hard-bowed" instrument called the jī-hiân , slightly differing from the Cantonese erxian 二弦 . Each of the four differs somewhat from the most usual modern form and so may be called the "nanguan pipa" etc. Each instrument has a fixed role. The gî-pê provides a steady rhythmic skeleton, supported by the sam-hiân. The siau, meanwhile, supplemented by the jī-hiân, puts "meat on the bones" with colourful counterpoints. These instruments are essential to
30-475: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nanguan music Fujian is a mountainous coastal province of China . Its provincial capital is Fuzhou , while Quanzhou was a major port in the 7th century CE, the period between the Sui and Tang eras. Situated upon an important maritime trade route, it was a conduit for elements of distant cultures. The result
40-514: Is usually played by the singer. The other four, known as the téng-sì-kóan or four higher instruments, are the four-stringed lute ( gî-pê , or pipa 琵琶in Mandarin), a three-stringed, fretless, snakeskin-headed long-necked lute that is the ancestor of the Japanese shamisen , called the sam-hiân , ( sanxian 三弦 in Mandarin), the vertical flute, ( siau ( 簫 ), also called tōng-siau ), and
50-524: The Philippines; Tiong-Ho Long-Kun-sia is still active. Gang-a-tsui and Han-Tang Yuefu have popularized the nanguan ensemble abroad. A Quanzhou nanguan music ensemble was founded in the early 1960s, and there is a Fuzhou folk music ensemble, founded in 1990. Quguan Quguan are amateur clubs formed beginning in the seventeenth century for the cultivation of Taiwanese folk music . The Hoklo (or Holo) immigrated from Fujian starting in
60-757: The basic four, the whole ensemble is called a cha̍p-im （什音） or "ten sounds". Starting in the 17th century, the Hoklo people who immigrated from Fujian to Taiwan took with them informal folk music as well as more ritualized instrumental and operatic forms taught in amateur clubs, such as beiguan and nanguan . Large Hoklo diaspora can also be found in Malaysia, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore, Burma, Thailand and Indonesia, where they are usually referred to as Hokkien . There are two nanguan associations in Singapore and there were formerly several in
70-538: The genre, while the ē-sì-kóan (下四管) or four lower instruments are not used in every piece. These are percussion instruments, the chime ( hiangzua 響盞), a combined chime and wood block called the giaolo , a pair of small bells ( xiangjin 雙音) and a four-bar xylophone, the xidei . The transverse flute called the pin xiao ( dizi in Mandarin, 品簫 or 品仔) and the oboe-like aiya (噯仔) or xiao are sometimes added in outdoor or ceremonial performances. When all six combine with
80-450: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nanguan . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nanguan&oldid=1185613061 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
90-648: Was inscribed in 2009 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Nanguan repertory falls into three overlapping styles, called chí , phó· and khiok ( zhi , pu and qu in Mandarin), differentiated by the contexts in which they occur, by their function, the value accorded them by musicians and by their formal and timbral natures. A nanguan ensemble usually consists of five instruments. The pie ( 拍 , muban ( 木板 ) or wooden clapper)
100-493: Was what is now known as nanguan music, which today preserves many archaic features. It is a genre strongly associated with male-only community amateur musical associations ( quguan or "song-clubs"), each formerly generally linked to a particular temple, and is viewed as a polite accomplishment and a worthy social service, distinct from the world of professional entertainers. It is typically slow, gentle, delicate and melodic, heterophonic and employing four basic scales. Nanguan
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