Timeline of Chinese music

This is a timeline that show the development of Chinese music by genre and region. It covers the original region of China including past and present geographic territories of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

Dynastic Times

"China:"
* Chinese opera
* Yayue

1900s

"Hong Kong:"
* English popular and western classical music grew with British influence.

1910s

"Republic of China:"
* The dynastic period ends. New China tries to find a national anthem.

1920s

"Republic of China:"
* Shidaiqu started by Li Jinhui.

1930s

"Republic of China:"
* Shidaiqu grew into C-pop.

"Taiwan:"
* Japanese enka influence Taiwanese pop for Taiwanese aboriginals.

1940s

"People's Republic of China:"
* The Communist Party of China (CPC) labeled C-pop as yellow music (pornography).
* CPC promote national music.
* Government control of music via censorship begins.

1950s

"People's Republic of China:"
* Baak Doi leaves China.

"Hong Kong:"
* C-pop becomes cantopop.

"Republic of China / Taiwan:"
* C-pop becomes mandopop.
* Native Taiwanese pop phased out by Kuomintang in favor of mandopop.

1960s

"Hong Kong:"
* English pop faded
* Cantopop grew with Roman Tam as the father of the new genre.
* Popularizing of Huangmei tone.
* Popularizing of Hong Kong musical tongue twister.

1970s

"ROC Taiwan:"
* Teresa Teng expanded mandopop in Taiwan. Beats censorship in the mainland.

"People's Republic of China:"
* Mao Zedong and CPC evolved patriotic music into revolutionary music.

1980s

"People's Republic of China:"
* Tiananmen Square led to the popularizing of Northwest Wind.
* Northwest wind became prison song.

1990s

"People's Republic of China:"
* Prison song became Chinese rock with Cui Jian as the father of the new genre.
* China imports gangtai culture.

"Hong Kong SAR:"
* Karaoke culture begins.

"ROC Taiwan"
* Taiwanese pop re-emergence.

2000s

"People's Republic of China:"
* Punk rock begins in China.

"Hong Kong SAR" and "ROC Taiwan"
* Chinese hip hop begins in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

ee also

* Timeline of Chinese history
* Timeline of Hong Kong history
* Music of China
* Music of Hong Kong
* Music of Taiwan