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Shan'ge
Shan'ge
is a genre of
Chinese folk song
. They are commonly
sung
in
rural
provinces
;
the word
"Shan'ge" means "mountain song".
A number of different
subtypes
are:
Hua'er
, a form popular in the Northwestern
Chinese provinces
such as
Gansu
,
Ningxia
and
Qinghai
, named to the
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
in 2009
Xintianyou
and
Shanqu
are popular in
Shaanxi
and
Shanxi
Zhengjinghong
, from the
Anhui province
Xingguo
, from the
Jiangxi province
Hengyang
from the
Hunan Province
Hakka
hill
song
from the
Guangdong Province
Lalu
, a
Tibetan
shan'ge
Changdiao
, a
Mongolian
shan'ge
Feige
, a
Miao
shan'ge