Quguan
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Quguan are amateur clubs formed beginning in the seventeenth century for the cultivation of Taiwanese folk music
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The Hoklo
(or Holo) immigrated from Fujian
starting in the 17th century, and brought with them informal folk music, as well as more ritualized instrumental and opera
tic forms, which were taught in the quguan.
Music of Taiwan
Taiwan is densely-populated and culturally diverse, including a majority of Bensheng ren , a powerful faction waishengren who arrived with Chiang Kai-shek in the middle of the 20th century and the minority of aboriginal peoples.With the arrival of the KMT led Republic of China government in 1949,...
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The Hoklo
Hoklo
Hoklo can mean the following:* The Hoklo people, a geographically widespread cultural-linguistic group originating in southeast China , also called Hokkien.* Min Nan, the Chinese language group spoken by the Hoklo....
(or Holo) immigrated from Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
starting in the 17th century, and brought with them informal folk music, as well as more ritualized instrumental and opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
tic forms, which were taught in the quguan.