Alilang Group () is a Chinese pop music group, made up of four

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members: Jin Zenan (, leader, born 10 October 1979), Jin Runji (), Zhang Jinyou () and Quan He (), all of

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, China. The group's name comes from "

Arirang ''Arirang'' ( ) is a Korean folk song. There are about 3,600 variations of 60 different versions of the song, all of which include a refrain similar to "arirang, arirang, arariyo" (""). It is estimated that the song is more than 600 years old ...

" (spelled "Alilang" in Chinese

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), a Korean

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, popular not only in

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, but also in China and Japan. Alilang Group started in 2002, and published their first CD, entitled "Alilang", in 2003. They are popular as a

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group among the Chinese young as well as among the Korean Chinese. The group has appeared in "

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" several times, a great honor to any Chinese musicians. They have toured in both South and North Korea. In 2003, they toured in

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and published their CD there. In 2009, when they appeared in

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, 100,000 people came to the

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Discography

The following CDs have been published:Alilang Group's Recent CDs
(in Japanese) * Alilang Group: "Arirang" CD (2003) * Alilang Group: "I'm Sorry! Coming of age" CD (2006) * Alilang Group: "Four People in Different Moods () CD (2008) The songs that they sang and which became popular are: *"Arirang" () *" Doraji" () *"The Lovers' Bar" () *"My Dearest" ()

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Discography

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