This is a timeline that show the development ofChinese music by genre and region. It covers the historic China as well as the geographic areas ofTaiwan,Hong Kong andMacau.

• System of formal musicyayue established.
• Lyrics of folk songs recorded.
• Decline ofyayue by the end of theSpring and Autumn period, increased popularity of new music fromWey andZheng states.

• Establishment of theMusic Bureau to collect folk music.

• Founding of various academies and music departments -

The Great Music Bureau (大樂署) responsible foryayue andyanyue (燕樂, entertainment music and dance for banquet)

TheRoyal Academy founded byEmperor Gaozu

"Pear Garden", an acting and music academy founded byEmperor Xuanzong.

The Drum and Pipes Bureau (鼓吹署) responsible for ceremonial music.

• Influence from Central Asian, Persian and Indian music.
• Oldest surviving notated music in China -Youlan.

• Revival ofyayue due to the revival ofNeo-Confucianism
• Increasing popularity ofChinese opera such asnanxi opera andzaju theatre.
• The artform ofCi poetry which is meant to be sung reached its zenith in the Song dynasty.

• Kunqu opera.

• Development ofPeking opera.
• Beginning of New Music in late the 19th century under influence of Western music.

Hong Kong:

• Popular English and western classical music grew withBritish influence.

Republic of China:

• The dynastic period ends. New China tries to find anational anthem.
• Beginning of active development of New Music inNew Culture Movement.

Republic of China:

• Shidaiqu started byLi Jinhui, which forms the basis of all Chinese pop music genres such asC-pop,mandopop andcantopop.

Republic of China:

• Heyday of Shidaiqu in Shanghai which lasted until the 1940s.
• Development of modernChinese orchestra.

Taiwan:

• Japaneseenka influenceHokkien pop forTaiwanese people.

People's Republic of China:

• TheChinese Communist Party (CCP) labeled pop music asyellow music (pornography).
• CCP promotenational music.
• Government control of music viacensorship begins.

People's Republic of China:

• Baak Doi leaves China in 1952 and relocates to Hong Kong.
• Mao Zedong and CCP evolved patriotic music intorevolutionary music.

Hong Kong:

• Continuation of Shidaiqu in Hong Kong.

Republic of China / Taiwan:

• Development of Taiwanesemandopop.
• NativeHokkien pop phased out byKuomintang in favor of mandopop.

Hong Kong:

• Decline of Shidaiqu.
• Popularity English pop around mid-1960s but beginning to fade by the late 1960s.
• Beginning ofcantopop in the late 1960s withRoman Tam as the father of the new genre.
• Popularizing ofHuangmei tone.
• Popularizing ofHong Kong musical tongue twister.

ROC Taiwan:

• Teresa Teng expandedmandopop in Taiwan. Beats censorship in the mainland.

Hong Kong:

• Increasing popularity of cantopop.

People's Republic of China:

• China begins the importation ofgangtai music.
• The "first generation" of Mainland Chinese pop singers emerge, such asZhang Qiang,Cheng Lin, Zhu Fengbo (朱逢博), Cheng Fangyuan (成方圆), Shen Xiaocen (沈小岑) and Zhu Mingying (朱明瑛).
• Tiananmen Square led to the popularizing ofNorthwest Wind.
• Northwest wind becameprison song.

People's Republic of China:

• Prison song becameChinese rock withCui Jian as the father of the new genre.
• Popularity ofgangtai music.

Hong Kong SAR:

• Karaoke culture begins.

ROC Taiwan

• Hokkien pop re-emergence.

People's Republic of China:

• Punk rock begins in China.

Hong Kong SAR andROC Taiwan

• Chinese hip hop begins in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

• 2015: Establishment of theBillboard China V Chart.^[1][2][3]

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