Overview of "Hanshan Bow Tune" Music

bow is the predecessor of bow opera ,popular in areas of Anhui province along the Yangtze River. It is created by the blind artists in Hanshan area. Considering its music features,it belongs to tunes with names,retaining a lot of tune names of tanhuang music in south of the Yangtze River in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It has a certain historical value for the research on folk songs of the Ming and Qing dynasties.