Also known as Eight Fine Steeds or Eight Galloping Horses, this piece is a representative work of Fujian Nanyi…
Also known as Eight Fine Steeds or Eight Galloping Horses, this piece is a representative work of Fujian Nanyin Music that is also called Southern Music, Southern Tunes, Strings and Pipes, or Southern Pipes. The music was originated in the Tang Dynasty, took shape in the Song and Yuan, and flourished during the Ming and Qing. With its lively and spirited rhythm and ancient, unadorned melody, this composition vividly evokes a scene of steeds racing freely across the plains, chasing and overtaking one another in joyful abandon.