https://musictheoryprint.com/genres/qi/ Recent content in QI on Music Theory Print Hugo en https://musictheoryprint.com/genres/qi/qinqiang/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://musictheoryprint.com/genres/qi/qinqiang/ <div class="mtp-special-block"> <h2 id="terminology">Terminology<a class="anchor" href="#terminology">#</a></h2> <p>Qinqiang originated in Shaanxi Province (abbreviated as Qín) of Qing China in 1807 and soon took over other genres to be the representative genre of the province. Historically, there were two separate genres both referring themselves as Qinqiang, the one with a longer history was later renamed as Handiao Erhuang (). Earlier scholars lumped various genres in Shaanxi Province (&ldquo;Qin&rdquo;), including but not restricted to Handiao Erhuang, as Qinqiang; hence, mistakenly they traced such Qinqiang to Qin dynasty (221BC - 206 BC).</p>