Gufeng music

Chinese music genre

Students wearing Hanfu and playing Gufeng music

Gufeng music (traditional Chinese: 古風音樂; simplified Chinese: 古风音乐; pinyin: gǔfēng yīnyuè; Jyutping: gu2 fung1 jam1ngok6) 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.[1][2][3] It is similar but slightly different from Zhongguo feng music.[4]

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, Wuxia games, anime, dramas, etc.[5][6] This kind of music has also become popular among Internet cultures such as Hanfu movement.[7]

## History

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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 Xuan-Yuan Sword. The name seems to derive from the namesake lyricist column on Fenbei, and the basic concept of Chinoiserie music, a term which describes Western approximations of Chinese music.[8]

## References and sources

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References

1. ^ 侯冬意 (2015-11-01). "试论古风歌曲的起源与现状及其前景". 文学教育. 文艺杂谈.
2. ^ 李雅欣 (2015-01-01). "消费文化视角下的古风流行音乐". 文学教育. 研究者: 50~51.
3. ^ 靳莎莎 (2014-01-01). "浅析古风音乐的创作". 音乐与舞蹈学. 学术论坛: 116~117.
4. ^ 孙炜博. "文化批判视野下的网络古风音乐探析". 文艺争鸣. 视野: 204–208.
5. ^ 高晴 (2014-06-27). "那些年，我们听过的古风音乐". 中国艺术报. T06.
6. ^ 李奕辰 (2017). "近十年中国古风网络游戏配乐初探". 当代音乐 (3): 96.
7. ^ Manyao, Ren (2015-05-13). "古风音乐唱响人民大会堂". China Internet Information Center (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
8. ^ ACGx. "万万没想到，周杰伦都被古风音乐圈给鄙视了". 36kr. Retrieved 2018-01-01.

## External links

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* Chinese music sharing site 5sing for Gufeng music

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