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People's Republic of China: Baak Doi leaves China in 1952 and relocates to Hong Kong. Mao Zedong and CCP evolved patriotic music into revolutionary music. Hong Kong: Continuation of Shidaiqu in Hong Kong. Republic of China / Taiwan: Development of Taiwanese mandopop. Native Hokkien pop phased out by Kuomintang in favor of mandopop.
The history of education in China began with the birth of the Chinese civilization.Nobles often set up educational establishments for their offspring. Establishment of the imperial examinations (advocated in the Warring States period, originated in Han, founded in Tang) was instrumental in the transition from an aristocratic to a meritocratic government.
In the early 20th century, Chinese and Western music cultures slowly merged, driven by the external forces of art, to create a new style of Chinese music that was based on both cultures. Then, it was not until March 2, 1930, when the " League of Left-Wing Writers " was founded and its corresponding music criticism and music social activities ...
Theatre of China has a long and complex history. Traditional Chinese theatre, generally in the form of Chinese opera , is musical in nature. Chinese theatre can trace its origin back a few millennia to ancient China, but the Chinese opera started to develop in the 12th century.
Timeline of Chinese history. This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its dynasties. To read about the background to these events, see History of China. See also the list of Chinese monarchs, Chinese emperors family tree, dynasties of China and years in China.
The modern Chinese orchestra however was created in the 20th century modeled on Western symphony orchestra using Chinese instruments. In the traditional yanyue , a single dominant melodic line was favored, but the new music and arrangements of traditional melodies created for this modern orchestra is more polyphonic in nature.
The short-lived Sui dynasty was a pivotal period in Chinese history. Founded by Emperor Wen in 581 in succession of the Northern Zhou , the Sui went on to conquer the Southern Chen in 589 to reunify China, ending three centuries of political division.
A New Literary History of Modern China. Harvard, Ma: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. pp. 242– 247. ISBN 978-0-674-97887-4. Furth, Charlotte (1983). "Intellectual change: from the Reform movement to the May Fourth movement, 1895–1920". In Fairbank, John K. (ed.). Republican China 1912–1949, Part 1. The Cambridge History of ...