Shidaiqu

Shidaiqu (Chinese: 時代曲; pinyin: shídàiqǔ; Wade–Giles: shih² tai⁴ chʻü³; Jyutping: si4 doi6 kuk1) is a type of Chinese popular music that is a fusion of Chinese folk, American jazz and Hollywood film music that originated in Shanghai, China in the 1920s.

Singer Zhou Xuan remains an icon of the Shidaiqu era

Bai Guang played a prominent role in Shidaiqu music

Shanghai in the 1930s represented the center of the Shidaiqu music phenomenon

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