Students learn to play traditional Chinese instruments during the 10th edition of International Institute of Chinese Music ...

From the earliest playable musical instruments to their roles in a modern four-section orchestra, Chinese traditional instruments and their 8,000-year history explained.

A guqin master provides hands-on instruction to a student on the playing techniques of this ancient Chinese instrument. Photo: VCG. Editor's Note: The pursuit of beauty has been a ...

The ‘Chinese bagpipes’ and sheng are wind instruments with a bottle gourd for a base and bamboo pipes with finger holes used to play notes. The sheng inspired the invention of two Western ...

Guqin, xun, flute and xiao, four major traditional Chinese musical instruments, were highlighted during the ongoing 2022 Gateway to Arts Summer Festival's summer camp.

Wood is a common material in many Chinese musical instruments, but relatively few are classified as wooden under the system that assigns instruments to one of eight categories, the bayin. That is ...

"Traditional Chinese musical instruments do more than just sound beautiful. They are 'speakers' of the nation's cultural memories, be it allusions from ancient text or the whispered folktales of ...

"Traditional Chinese musical instruments do more than just sound beautiful. They are 'speakers' of the nation's cultural memories, be it allusions from ancient text or the whispered folktales of ...