Meinong Hakka Bayin Music is comprised of senior master musicians from traditional Bayin music troupes in the Meinong area. They maintain the basic se... (Read more)

Hecheng Hakka Bayin Musical Troupe was founded in 1979 by current director Yuan Ming-ying. Mr. Yuan is devoted to the conservation and continuation of... (Read more)

The Miao-Li Chen Family Beiguan Ba-yin Group was founded by the Hakka Ba-yin master Chen Chao-san over a century ago. Led by the third-generation succ... (Read more)

MeinongBayin music is mainly performed on occasions devoted to important life rituals and festivities of the Hakka people. Be it weddings, funerals, f... (Read more)

In the Hakka Bayin musical repertoire, the xian-suo type most often came from folk songs, ballades or traditional operas. But the most prominent chara... (Read more)

“Da-chuei Music,” also called “Xiang-da” or “Chuei-chang Music,” of Hakka Ba-yin Music, is a kind of Ba-yin ceremonial music performed mainly by the s... (Read more)

The xiansuo repertoire of Hakka Ba-yin is led by the suona, and accompanied by the er-xian, hu-xian, and other percussion instruments, in the typical ... (Read more)

Xian-suo, also called diudi() in Hakka Bayin, is usually used in feasting and/or entertainment occasions because its main purpose is to entertain. The... (Read more)

Xian-suo, also called diudi in Hakka Ba-yin, is usually used in feasting and entertainment occasions because its main purpose is to entertain. The org... (Read more)

Yiu-kio (refined songs), which refer to art songs of Beiguan music, gained its name for the delicate and exquisite singing techniques which are distin... (Read more)

Beiguan music, which is essentially the most popular traditional folk music in Taiwan, has another name, pei-chi, which is the counterpart of nan-chi,... (Read more)

In the classification of musical instruments in the history of music, the “Bay-in(eight sounds)” refers to the musical sounds yielded by playing metal... (Read more)