Actually, even professional composers are not sure how to make a perfect definition of Gufeng music. It may vary from person to person.
“In broader terms, I think gufeng music should be called zhongguofeng (China trend), which is a type of pop music using traditional Chinese musica l instruments, while in a narrower sense it means a group of music lovers online who cover, perform, rework and compose the genre（流派）.“
——Lu xiaoxu（卢小旭）,Global Times
“Gufeng is a style that shows aesthetic（美 学的 appreciation for nostalgic（怀旧 的） music and expresses it with ancient im agery. “We do not simply match music with lyrics, but also use dialogue and narrative to describe a story or a scene that we want to share with our audience." ——Diuzi（丢子）,Global 溪烟恶经欢吹远色轻 清而鬼难世燕鸳聂形宁青聂平宁 Times
Gufeng music
What is Gufeng music?
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The development of Gufeng music
With the development of Gufeng music, more people get to know this kind of music style. They grew huge interests in a short time. Then, more and more people, including professional songwriters, started to write Gufeng songs. They posted their very first songs on the website today we called as you know.
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Some people say no to the new stage of Gufeng music. Because they hold the opinion that concerts or cooperations would no longer make Gufeng music poetic and dense that people turn joyful Gufeng music into business.
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The famous singers
The top Gufeng music groups
New development in Gufeng music
The ways to enjoy Gufeng music have been explored. Except for listening online and buying the albums made by famous singers, we have another choice: concert! The most famous music cooperation, Mo Ming Qi Miao(墨明棋妙）, had the very first Gufeng Concert, which boosted Gufeng music to the new age. At the same time, game companies,such as NTES(网易）,authorized professionals to write theme songs for their games. Thus, Gufeng music started to breathe with commerce.
The original of Gufeng music
In2005,the early gufeng music lovers are fans of games who gather at fenb (a now closed music sharing website) and the BBS (Bulletin Board System) of The Legend of Sword and Fairy. The early creation of gufeng music wa s just based on lyrics, for the reason that the composition is much harder for non-professionals. But they did create wonderful songs, such as