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Putian Culture
Puxian Drama
Puxian Drama is one of the oldest drama found in entire China. Perform hundred varieties of drama in ancient times, Puxian Drama is combined the unique Puxian dialect, folk songs and artistic style of Southern China dramas.
Mazu Culture
During her lifetime, Mazu which was called Lin Mo, she is a kindness woman that helped many villagers and fishmen. To commemorate her compassion, people established Mazu Temple on Meizhou Island. Thousands year later, her influence spreading throughout the world, with estimate believers around 200 million. Mazu Culture has helped extend the exchanges between Mainland China and Taiwan, allowing to understand and tighten their relation.
Bayue
Bayue is a kind of band which is the percussion performance is included into the Shifan band. Generally, the percussion instruments are played by youth boy and young girls, while the boy band is called "Male Bayue" and the girl band is called "Female Bayue". Besides percussion instruments, the lively performance of Bayue Band, either seated and walking,� is also accompanied by orchestra instruments played by eight persons. By playing part of Puxian Dramas, those bands are very popular in local areas.
Daguchui
The Daguchui of Puxian originates from the field music of ancient times, which involves "big musical insturments" such as big drum, big gong, big cymbals and suona as the major musical instruments. Currently, it is still very popular in Duwei of Xianyou County. Since the formation of the PRC, such folk music as Shifan, Bayue and Daguchui in Puxian have been enjoying rapid development, and preserving the navite culture of Putian.
Shifan
Shifan is an ancient musical performance, which has two kinds : Mild Shifan and Vigorous Shifan. Mild Shifan is popular in Hanjiang region; the band of Mild Shifan consists of ten members. Their musical instruments include: danpi, hardwood clappers, cloud gong, xiqin, sihu, chihu, bajiaoqin, zither, su flute and etc. There are more than 20 kinds of qu tunes, and they share the same name with Puxian Drama. However, the singing style is quite different. It sounds mild, slow and graceful, and that is why it is called the "Mild Shifan". The "Vigorous Shifan" also enjoys good popularity, and these two styles are called by a joint name of "Shifan", or "Shiyin (10 tunes)" as well. Major musical instruments of the band include: cloud gong, wanhu, sihu. chihu, gonghu, flute, three-stringed, bajiaoqin and etc.