During the Spring Festival, Chinese people in many places like to paste paper-cuts on windows for decoration, which not only help foster a festive atmosphere, but also bring enjoyment to the people.
Shangdang bayinhui music is found in many places in Jingcheng, southeast China's Shanxi province. Bayinhui is used to describe a chuida (wind and percussion) band, an amateur group made up of locals.
Shanxi is the cradle of the Chinese drum. Hailed as the home of percussion, Jiangzhou has been a well-known drumming region since the early Tang Dynasty (618-907).
Weifeng gong and drum is a form of folk music that consists of an instrumental ensemble of drums, cymbals, gongs and small cymbals, and is characterized by simple, deep and powerful sounds.
A county of Shanxi province, Zuoquan, like other places in the province, is famous for its unique ballad whose history can be traced back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD).
