Chinese Classical Music
The set of bells, set of chimes and other instruments excavated from the tomb of Zeng Houyi, who was a Warring States duke in Suixian County (now Suizhou City in Hubei Province), are the largest-scale ancient percussion instruments found so…
Spring Moonlight on the Flowers by the River is one of the most famous Chinese traditional music works. It had been popular among ordinary people before the year 1875, and has become one of the masterpieces in the treasury of…
The best-known piece of Suona is One Hundred Birds Serenade the Phoenix, which is especially popular in Shandong, Anhui, Henan and Hebei provinces. Aftera spirited introduction, the orchestra settles down to a fixed accompaniment mode. With this background, the Suona section…
Erhu, also called Huqin, was known as Xiqin during the Song Dynasty. Huqin described in Yuan Dynasty records was the real forerunner of the modern Erhu, having its stem, sound box and pegs made of wood. The sound box can…
During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), there was a man called Yu Boya, who was a famous music master at that time, having a good command of the temperament and superb skills in playing the musical instrument. Once, on…
If you want to listen the music online, it will take your about one minute to begin. We are sorry, we have no enough time to optimize the speed. [audio:butterflylovers.mp3] The music of Liang Zhu, or “Butterfly Lovers,” is undoubtedly…