花儿 (huā r) — (noun) a genre of folk songs from Northwest China, especially associated with the Hui people and seasonal festivals

Definition

花儿 (huār) is a folk-song genre from Northwest China, especially Ningxia, Gansu, and Qinghai, often sung by Hui people at festivals and about love. Measured with 首.

noun
a genre of folk songs from Northwest Chinaespecially associated with the Hui people and seasonal festivals
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Examples

  • 花儿
    Gān sù de huā r hěn yǒu míng, hěn duō yóu kè zhuān mén qù tīng.
    Gansu's "huar" is very famous; many tourists go specifically to listen to it.
  • 花儿
    Měi nián de liù yuè liù, dāng dì rén dōu huì chàng huā r.
    Every year on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, the locals sing huar.
  • 花儿
    Zhè shǒu huā r chàng de shì qīng nián nán nǚ de ài qíng.
    This huar song is about the love between young men and women.
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