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Master Qingshui (清水祖師; 1047–1101; ancestry: Yongchun, Quanzhou), formerly known as Chen Zhaoyin (陳昭應), famous Chan Buddhist monk during the Northern Song dynasty and was eventually worship as Chinese Deity in Southern Fujian, Taiwan and among Hokkien-speaking Chinese diaspora communities
Hokkien pop, also known as Taiwanese Hokkien popular music, T-pop (Chinese: 臺語流行音樂), Tai-pop, Minnan Pop and Taiwanese folk (Chinese: 臺語歌), is a popular music genre sung in Hokkien, especially Taiwanese Hokkien and produced mainly in Taiwan and sometimes in Fujian in Mainland China or Hong Kong or even Singapore in Southeast Asia.
Also: Taiwan: People: By occupation: Pop singers: Hokkien pop singers. Pages in category "Taiwanese Hokkien pop singers" The following 50 pages are in this category ...
Jay Chou was born and raised in Linkou, Taipei County, Taiwan.He is of Hokkien descent. Both his parents were secondary school teachers: his mother, Yeh Hui-Mei (葉惠美; Yè Huìměi), who was an art teacher, while his father, Chou Yao-Chung (周耀中; Zhōu Yàozhōng), is a biomedical researcher.
During the 1960s, Hokkien song was particularly popular. The Singapore Hokkien star Chen Jin Lang (陳金浪) was once the compere and main singer during the Hungry Ghost Festival. His famous song "10 levels of Hades" ("十殿閻君") was especially popular.
In 2005, she released the famous Chinese New Year album 送你一个大年糕 (Give You a Big New Year cake) with her original “Give you a big New Year cake” song in it, 福禄寿喜 (Joy of the Three Immortals) - yet another 八大巨星 (Eight Superstar) album, and 燃烧 (Burn), which is a DJ remix of some of her old songs.
Weng Li-you (Chinese: 翁立友; pinyin: Wēng Lìyǒu; born 9 May 1975), known as Only You, is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer. Weng is known as Only You and began singing in 1998. [1] He won the Best Taiwanese Male Singer award at the 20th Golden Melody Awards. [2] Many of Weng's compositions have been used as theme songs for Taiwanese dramas. [3]
Moon Night Sorrow (Chinese: 月夜愁; pe̍h ōe jī: Goa̍t-iā Chhiû; also known in English as Moon Night Blue, Moon Light Sorrow, and Moonlight Melancholy) is a popular Taiwanese Hokkien song, which takes its tune from the music of the Plains indigenous peoples of Taiwan.