{"id":3692,"date":"2017-02-02T09:12:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T09:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/?p=3692"},"modified":"2020-04-26T18:18:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T17:18:39","slug":"chinese-new-year-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/chinese-new-year-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese New Year Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d never heard the terms&nbsp;<em>Canto-pop<\/em> or&nbsp;<em>Mando-pop <\/em>music&nbsp;before the Chinese New Year celebrations last weekend. The presenters at the Hong Kong stage mentioned that British and Western pop are a big influence in modern music in Hong Kong. They only use a different language in the songs.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the music I&#8217;ve heard in Chinese restaurants in London, I had only heard&nbsp;<em>new age<\/em>&nbsp;style music in Chinese before, and I was really curious as to how it could sound. On that stage, we could listen to both traditional and modern songs in Mandarin and Cantonese.&nbsp;<!--more-->It was quite surprising when a Western girl came on stage speaking Mandarin so fluently. She surprised quite a few there. Her music sounded really nice too.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at my video below. It is well worthy watching &#8217;till the end. Let me know what you think.<\/p>\n<p>Kung hei fat choi!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lv__CW7TsyA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-670 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/signature1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"54\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d never heard the terms&nbsp;Canto-pop or&nbsp;Mando-pop music&nbsp;before the Chinese New Year celebrations last weekend. 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