Guangdong Hanyue music can be found in Meizhou, Shantou, Shaoguan and Huiyang. It was also known as Hakka, Confucian and Handiao music. 

It can be divided into five categories; silk string (the most common), qing (also called Confucian music which is favored by intellectuals and generally performed using the guzheng, lute and yehu), 'big gong and drum' music (generally performed in village processions and religious festivals with a suona accompanied by gongs and drums), zhongjunban music (mainly performed by professional folk groups at weddings and funerals using the suona accompanied by silk stringed instruments, gongs and drums) and temple music (used in religious rituals).