Shidaiqu

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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

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 in the 1920s.^[1][2]