Nanyin has a history of at least 800 years. It is the closest musical performance form that can be verified at present. It retains the legacy of ancient music in the Central Plains during the Han, Jin, Tang and Song Dynasties, and is praised by experts as "the living fossil of China's music history".

In 1980s, the National Conservatory of Music of Washington University collected folk music from all over the world and made a comparative study. The conclusion is: "China's music is the oldest in the world, while in China's music, Nanyin is the oldest."

In 2009, it was listed as "representative works of human non-oral and intangible cultural heritage" by UNESCO, and it is one of the most important and oldest art forms in Quanzhou and even China. Nanyin is a kind of rich and complete music in ancient China, which has gathered the essence of elegant music in the Central Plains since the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

The origin and development history of Nanyin;

Nanyin, also known as "Xianguan" and "Quanzhou Nanyin", is a traditional music in southern Fujian Province and one of the masterpieces of UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage of mankind.

Nanyin, known as "the living fossil in the music history of China", originated in Quanzhou, Fujian, and was sung in Minnan dialect, which is the Han music with a long history in China. During the Han, Jin, Tang and Song Dynasties, immigrants from the Central Plains brought music culture into southern Fujian with Quanzhou as the center, and merged with local folk music, forming a cultural expression with the charm of ancient music in the Central Plains.

Nanyin originated in the Tang Dynasty and was formed in the Song Dynasty. Nanyin's singing method retains the traditional and ancient national singing method before the Tang Dynasty, and the second creation of singers and performers is very casual, while Nanguan's performance also maintains the characteristics of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Its music mainly consists of three categories: "finger", "score" and "song", which is a rich and complete category of music in ancient China.

"Nanle" refers to "stringed pipe", which was called "stringed pipe" in ancient times. "Langjun Music" and "Lang Jun Singing" refer to Nanfeng musicians who worship Lang Jun of Mengfu as a music god. There are also called "Golden Melody" and "Five Tones".

On May 20, 2006, it was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage, numbered II-7 1. On September 30, 2009, Nanyin was officially listed in the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage at the UNESCO Intergovernmental Organization Conference.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Nanyin