The changgu (long drum), also known as the huagu (flower drum), is a variation of the ancient xiyaogu(narrow waist drum)....
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The dagu (large drum) used in Yangge bands has a long history. In ancient times, it was used extensively in...
The shougu (tambourine) is a distinctive percussion instrument used in Muqam performances, popular among the Uighur, Uzbek, and Kazak ethnic...
Muqam is a traditional song and dance entertainment of the Uighur ethnic group, popular throughout China's Xinjiang region. Muqam first...
The bangzi or bangban (wooden clappers), is a wooden percussion instrument. Henan opera is also known as Henan Bangzi, after...
Banhu fiddle performance Henan opera is a distinctive form of regional opera, popular in Henan Province. The early Henan opera...
The yueqin (moon lute), the third of Beijing opera's three main instruments, is a plucked string instrument similar in form...
Innumerable styles of instrumental music, from the elegant Silk and Bamboo music of the south to the rousing "pipe and...
Liu Kun (271-318 AD) was a great general and musician of the Western Jin Dynasty (26 5-316 AD). He was...
The Zheng (zither), like the pipa (lute) and ruan (round lute), is a distinctively Chinese plucked string instrument that is...
Chinese folk music is extremely diverse. Countless instrumental styles, such as the Silk and Bamboo music of southern China, may...
The Xiao (end-blown flute), also made of bamboo, is played in a vertical position. The Xiao is depicted in pottery...
China has 56 different ethnic groups, each of which has its favorite musical instruments. The Silk and Bamboo music and...
from Guangyuan, Sichuan Province In addition to drums, clappers, and transverse flutes, traditional opera of the Song-yuan period also utilized...
from Xuanhua, Hebei Province In 1971 , villagers leveling ground in Xuanhua, Hebei Province discovered an ancient tomb that contained...
China's traditional opera has an extremely long history, with origins reaching back to the pre-Qin period (prior to 221 BC)....
The konghou (harp) is another plucked string instrument that was introduced to China from Western Asiavia the Silk Road. Two...
from Hejialong, Wuchang The practice of burying pottery figurines with the dead, common during the Han Dynasty, once more came...
from the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing The qin is China's oldest plucked string instrument. Throughout Chinese history, members...
from the Nara National Museum, Japan The ruanxian (round lute) was another popular instrument of the Sui-Tang period (581-907 AD)....