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Tanci
Tanci has been very popular in southern China
since Ming and Qing Dynasties. The singers play a minature sanxian or pipa
while singing. There are diverse kinds to Tanci such as Suzhou tanci ofjiangsu,
Shanghai
and Zhejiang; Yangzhou
tanci and Qihai tanci of Jiangsu; Siming nanci and Shaoxing
pinghudiao of Zhejiang; Fujian nanci; Guangdong muyuge; and Changsha
tanci.
Tanci music is composed of basic tunes and tunes of different singing
schools. Most of the tunes are melodious, delicate, beautiful, exquisite, clear
and smooth; therefore they have strong artistic appeal. There are many fine
actors or performers of different tanci schools of different times. The
performances are in different forms, of which, the traditional ones are
performed by one performer, two performers or three performers.
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