Gufeng music
Gufeng music (traditional Chinese: 古風音樂; simplified Chinese: 古风音乐; pinyin: gǔfēng yīnyuè; Jyutping: gu2 fung1 jam1ngok6; lit. 'ancient-style music') is a genre of modern Chinese music originated from the Greater China region, typically referring to C-pop music with heavy influences from traditional Chinese music and folk songs, often accompanied by Chinese musical instruments.[1][2][3] The lyrics of Gufeng music can be in Literary or Vernacular Chinese, and are often based on ancient mythological legends and poetic verses with frequent themes in classical romance, chivalrism, introspection and folklores. It is similar but different to Zhongguo feng (or simply guofeng) music, which are modern C-pop (typically Mandopop) songs with Chinese cultural elements and often also a strong emphasis on cultural pride.[4]
The genre became prolific mostly during the early 21st century due to the rise of internet music in Mainland China, and in recent years is often used as theme songs and soundtracks in xianxia, wuxia and historical fantasy works such as television drama, video games and animation, etc.[5][6] It has also become popular among nationalistic Internet subcultures with nostalgia towards past golden ages of China, such as New Confucianism and the Hanfu movement.[7]
History
[edit]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
[edit]- References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 高晴 (2014-06-27). "那些年，我们听过的古风音乐". 中国艺术报. T06.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
