Shan'ge

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Shan'ge (Chinese: 山歌; pinyin: shāngē) is a genre of Chinese folk song. They are commonly sung in rural provinces; the word "Shan'ge" means "mountain song".

A number of different subtypes are:

  • Hua'er, a form popular in the Northwestern Chinese provinces such as
    Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
    in 2009
  • Xintianyou and Shanqu are popular in Shaanxi and Shanxi
  • Zhengjinghong, from the Anhui province
  • Xingguo, from the Jiangxi province
  • Hengyang from the Hunan Province
  • Hakka hill song (Kejia shan'ge) from the Guangdong Province
  • Lalu, a Tibetan shan'ge
  • Changdiao (aradun-urtu-yin-daguu), a Mongolian shan'ge
  • Feige, a Miao shan'ge

Further reading

  • Oki, Yasushi; Paolo Santangelo (2011).
    Shan'ge, the Mountain Songs: Love Songs in Ming China. Leiden: BRILL
    .
    - Volume 2 of the series "Emotions and States of Mind in China and East Asia".