A nanyin performance forms part of a gala to held prior to the third Maritime Silk Road International Brand Expo and the 20th Straits Textile and Clothing Fair, taking place in Shishi city, Fujian, April 18 – 20. [Photo by Song Weiwei/Xinhua] Nanyin is the oldest music genre in China, and is a fusion of local music and those that travelled from the Central Plains during Han (206 BC – AD 220), Jin (265-420), Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties.