Stringed instruments represent faithfulness and in particular, the lute represents the moon and marital harmony. The musical stone ( 磬 qìng) is used in a painting to represent steadfastness.īells gongs ( luo) and cymbals ( bo) are often used in Beijing Opera music Silk/StrandsĪll the stringed instruments are in this category. They date back as far as 1500BCE ( Shang dynasty). Includes the Bianqing which is a set of ‘L’ shaped stones suspended from a stand like bells and hit with a hammer. Traditionally the Chinese musical instruments are placed into categories based on the material they are made from:Įrhu street musician in Xinjiang Copyright © Dreamstime see image license Stone The character for ‘music’ 乐 yuè is written the same as lè ‘happy’, surely demonstrating a harmonious connection. These days you can hear a very diverse range of music in China. Yes, I'd love to help I'm sorry, I can't help right now Art | Music Chinese Music 音乐 yīn yuèĬhina has a strong historical tradition in music even though she has now embraced the modern ‘western’ style of music too. Please consider a subscription, however small or large, it all helps! Please click on the Patreon link to learn more about Chinasage and how you can subscribe. We are collecting new subscriptions with the Patreon platform - you have full independent control of your subscription. If we can collect a total of just $200 a month from all our visitors we could operate permanently without displaying any more adverts. So, rather like Wikipedia, we need your help to keep this entirely independent information source prospering. We'd love to keep the pages free of advertisements but we do need some income to continue to develop it. Modern history People's Republic of China Future Leaders Government Space Exploration Economy Long March Republic of China May 4th Movement Welcome to the Chinasage web site.

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