六月茉莉 (June Jasmine) is one of the most popular and recognizable folk songs in Taiwan. The captivating melody originated from the coastal regions of Fujian province in China, and found its way across the ocean to the shores of Taiwan sometime towards the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, along with a large number of Chinese immigrants. A local Taiwanese lyricist Hsu Bing-Ding imposed text to the melody and made it the classic Taiwanese ballad that it is today.