![]() The song became one of the first Chinese folk songs to become widely known outside China. ![]() In 1804 a British diplomat, John Barrow, noted that the tune seems to be one of the most popular songs in China. The tune is one of xiaodiao ("short tunes"), popular in Chinese urban areas. It uses the five note ( pentatonic) scale ubiquitous in Chinese music. ![]() : 46– : 81–82 It has been played on ancient metal bells ( bianzhong) and modern jade chimes. Another, longer version describes the fear of plucking the flower. One version of the song describes a custom of giving jasmine flowers, popular in the southern Yangtze delta region of China. There are several regional versions of the song, : 84– with different lyrics and melody. It was created during the Qianlong era (1735–1796) of the Qing dynasty.
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