Gufeng music () is a type of music genre by artists originating from the
Greater China region, It is a kind of
C-pop music with the background of Chinese legends, the style of Chinese folk songs and drama, the melody that is similar to classical Chinese music and played by classical
Chinese musical instruments.
It is similar but slightly different from
Zhongguo feng music.
The lyrics of Gufeng music are created mainly based on ancient Chinese mythological legends and
verses. In recent years, this kind of songs are often used in
Xianxia
''Xianxia'' ( zh, s=, t=仙俠), directly translated to 'immortal heroes', is a genre of Chinese fantasy heavily inspired by Taoism and influenced by Chinese mythology, Chan Buddhism, Chinese martial arts, traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese ...
,
Wuxia
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games, anime, dramas, etc.
This kind of music has also become popular among
Internet cultures such as
Hanfu movement.
History
Gufeng music was usually called Xianxia music (仙侠; xianxia being a genre of Chinese fiction that is similar to wuxia, but with more mythological elements), and what now seems like a movement began rather quietly in 2005, calling for netizens to write lyrics with ancient-styled poems for the music in some popular PC games, including
The Legend of Sword and Fairy and
Fairy and Sword of Xuanyuan
A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, English, and French folklore), a form of spirit, of ...
. The name seems to derive from the namesake lyricist column on Fenbei, and the basic concept of
Chinoiserie music among netizens came out from that group.
References and sources
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External links
Chinese music sharing site 5sing for Chinoiserie music
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Internet culture
Chinese popular culture
Chinese youth culture