Timeline of Chinese music
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| Music of China | |
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| Timeline | |
| General Topics | |
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| Traditional Chinese instruments • Musicology • Chinese orchestra • Chinese Musicians' Association | |
| Genres | |
| C-pop: (Cantopop/Mandopop) • Rock • Hip hop • Opera | |
| Traditional Forms | |
| Taoist music • Yayue | |
| Media and Performance | |
| Music festivals | Midi Modern Music Festival |
| Music media | Radio stations • China Record Corporation |
| National anthem | Historical anthems • Patriotic / Revolutionary • March of the Volunteers • Three Principles of the People |
| Regional Music | |
| Anhui • Fujian • Gansu • Guangdong • Guangxi • Guizhou • Hainan • Hebei • Heilongjiang • Henan • Hong Kong • Hunan • Hubei • Inner Mongolia • Jiangsu • Jiangxi • Jilin • Liaoning • Macau Manchuria • Qinghai • Shandong • Shaanxi • Shanxi • Sichuan • Tibet • Xinjiang • Yunnan • Zhejiang | |
This is a timeline that show the development of Chinese music by genre and region. It covers the original region of China including past and present geographic territories of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
Contents |
[edit] Dynastic Times
China:
[edit] 1900s
Hong Kong:
- English popular and western classical music grew with British influence.
[edit] 1910s
Republic of China:
- The dynastic period ends. New China tries to find a national anthem.
[edit] 1920s
Republic of China:
[edit] 1930s
Republic of China:
- Shidaiqu grew into C-pop.
Taiwan:
- Japanese enka influence Taiwanese pop for Taiwanese aboriginals.
[edit] 1940s
People's Republic of China:
- The Communist Party of China (CPC) labeled C-pop as yellow music (pornography).
- CPC promote national music.
- Government control of music via censorship begins.
[edit] 1950s
People's Republic of China:
- Baak Doi leaves China.
Hong Kong:
- C-pop becomes cantopop.
Republic of China / Taiwan:
- C-pop becomes mandopop.
- Native Taiwanese pop phased out by Kuomintang in favor of mandopop.
[edit] 1960s
Hong Kong:
- English pop faded
- Cantopop grew with Roman Tam as the father of the new genre.
- Popularizing of Huangmei tone.
- Popularizing of Hong Kong musical tongue twister.
[edit] 1970s
ROC Taiwan:
- Teresa Teng expanded mandopop in Taiwan. Beats censorship in the mainland.
People's Republic of China:
- Mao Zedong and CPC evolved patriotic music into revolutionary music.
[edit] 1980s
People's Republic of China:
- Tiananmen Square led to the popularizing of Northwest Wind.
- Northwest wind became prison song.
[edit] 1990s
People's Republic of China:
- Prison song became Chinese rock with Cui Jian as the father of the new genre.
- China imports gangtai culture.
Hong Kong SAR:
- Karaoke culture begins.
ROC Taiwan
- Taiwanese pop re-emergence.
[edit] 2000s
People's Republic of China:
- Punk rock begins in China.
Hong Kong SAR and ROC Taiwan
- Chinese hip hop begins in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
