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"Searching for Plum Blossoms in Snow" (Chinese: 踏雪尋梅; pinyin: tàxuěxúnméi), is a popular Chinese folk song [1] with music written by the Chinese composer Huang Tzu and lyrics by Liu Xue An. [2] The song describes riding a donkey into the snow to gather plum blossoms and hearing the chiming off bells.
The score imitates traditional Chinese music in 1940s swordplay films. [2] Along with Wong's compositions and various traditional Chinese songs, classical compositions are featured in the score, including excerpts from Zigeunerweisen by Pablo de Sarasate and " Sabre Dance " by Aram Khachaturian .
Song of Pig" (Chinese: 豬之歌) is a freely downloadable song by Xiang Xiang (香香), who quickly became a popular Internet pop star in China. According to one of its hosted sites, it has been downloaded a billion times (see BBC article: "Chinese pop idol thrives online") throughout China, Singapore, and Malaysia. The song's lyrics describe ...
Back in 2008 rates of music copyright infringement in China was widely regarded as among the highest in the world. [3] Some reports from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry said, that about 95 percent or higher of music sales in China were unauthorized, most coming from downloads of copyrighted music on the Internet. [4]
The Baidu 500 (officially 百度歌曲TOP500) is a list of rankings generated by Chinese search engine Baidu as part of their mp3 downloading service featuring the top 500 songs in the Chinese language. Because it uses a download counter, the ranking is a fair assessment of the relative strength of artists and their music, and as a result has ...
In the 1990s, with the spread of music television in China, a new type of folk song began to emerge, known as new folk songs (新民歌) or TV program folk songs (晚会民歌). This type of music typically employs Chinese national vocal (minzu) vocals, with content focused on reflecting national history and culture or promoting the "main ...
"Long Live Comrade Mao for Ten Thousand Years" (simplified Chinese: 万岁毛主席; traditional Chinese: 萬歲毛主席; pinyin: Wànsuì máo zhǔxí) variously known in English as Long Live Chairman Mao for Ten Thousand Years or simply Long Live Chairman Mao! is a Chinese patriotic song popularised during the Cultural Revolution.
The following is an overview of 2019 in Chinese music. Music in the Chinese language ( Mandarin and Cantonese ) and artists from Chinese-speaking areas ( Mainland China , Hong Kong , Taiwan , Malaysia , and Singapore ) will be included.