This is the sixth ina series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of instrument ...

Plucked, like the Chinese zither, or bowed, like the erhu, stringed instruments have been played for hundreds of years in China This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese ...

The ruan, also known as ruanxian, dates back to the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC). It takes its name from Ruan Xian, a statesman ...

Players Zhang Geping (L) and Zhao Xiaotong practice playing the pipa at Lanzhou traditional orchestra in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, May 13, 2019. Pipa, a pear-shaped stringed ...

Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and ...

This article serves as an introduction to our upcomingseries on classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we will show you how musicians play the eight ...

A musician from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing plays the traditional Chinese instrument guzheng at a concert hosted at the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco on Thursday for ...

The sound of the traditional Chinese musical instrument erhu is becoming better known globally thanks to the effort of one college student. Chen Yimiao, born in 2004, comes from a Beijing family ...

A traditional stringed instrument made for Chinese emperorSong Huizong in 1120 has been auctioned off in Beijing for a record 136 million yuan ($20 million), state media said yesterday. The ...

The fifth annual Lunar New Year Celebration Concert flows with natural harmony with traditional Chinese instruments, the ...