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{{Short description|Song form of Hu Chongjun}}
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'''[[Hubei]]''' is a [[province of China]], known for the [[Huangmei opera|Huangmei]] and Chu opera styles and a wide array of folk songs; Huangmei opera is especially renowned, and has spread to [[Shanghai]], [[Beijing]] and [[Anhui]], among other places.  In 1986, the Hubei Folk Arts Association published several versions of ''Darkness'', believed to be an ancient [[Han Chinese|Han]] [[creation myth]], collected mostly in song form by Hu Chongjun.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/PP-e/30041.htm
|title=Ancient Chinese Folk Epic Published
|author=China Daily
|date=April 3, 2002
|website=china.org.cn
|publisher=China Org
|access-date=2022-07-27
|quote=The Story of Darkness, compiled by Hu Chongjun, published by the Changjiang Art Publishing House}}</ref>

Modern popular performers from Hubei include Li Qiong and the Hubei Song and Dance Ensemble.
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[[Category:Music of China by province|Hubei]]


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