My Favorite Chinese Traditional Music Shi 2011-11-17

Chinese Traditional Musical Instruments GuQin,,,ancient stringedinstrument .

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Chinese Traditional Musical Instruments GuZheng,,, a plucked zither like traditional Chinese musical instrument .

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Chinese Traditional Musical Instruments YangQin,,, a Chinese hammered

dulcimer originally from the Middle East (Persia (modern-day Iran)).

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Chinese Traditional Musical Instruments Pipa,,, a plucked category traditional Chinese musical instrument .

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Chinese Traditional Musical Instruments Xiao,,,a Chinese vertical end-blown , flute . Di,,, a Chinese bamboo flute .

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Favorite Music Song(1)

High Mountain and Flowing Water, . [GuQin()] a bosom friend, . In the Spring and Autumn Annals, "Bo Ya was good at playing the qin. Zhong Ziqi was good at to listening to the qin. When Bo Ya's will was towards high mountains in his playing, Zhong Ziqi would say, 'How towering like Mount Tai!' When Bo Ya's will was towards flowing water in his playing, Zhong Ziqi would say, 'How vast are the rivers and oceans!' Whatever Bo Ya thought of Ziqi would never fail to understand. Bo Ya said, 'Amazing! Your heart and mine are the same!' When Ziqi died, Bo Ya broke the strings [of his qin] and vowed never to play [the qin] again. Thus, there was the melody of High Mountain Flowing Water." , , .
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Favorite Music Song(2)

The Conqueror Unarms, , . During the late Qin Dynasty, "Hegemon-King of Western Chu" () Xiang Yu, retreated to Wu River, after defeated by Liu Bang (King of Han), he saw an old friend L among the Han soldiers. He then said, "I heard that the Liu Bang had placed a price of 1,000 gold and the title of Marquis of Wanhu on my head. Take it then, on account of our friendship." Xiang Yu then unarmed and committed suicide by slitting his throat with his sword. , ,
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Favorite Music Song(3)

The Butterfly Lovers, ,[ ] [GuZheng()]

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Favorite Music Song(3)

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zhu Yingtai is a beautiful daughter of the Zhu family of Zhejiang. She attendes classes in disguise as a young man. During the journey to Hangzhou, she meets Liang Shanbo, a scholar from Kuaiji. They study together for the next three years and Zhu falls in love with Liang. But Liang fails to notice that his classmate is a woman. Zhu has to return home after the study. Months later after, Liang visits Zhu, he discovers that she is actually a woman. However, Zhu's parents have already arranged for her to marry a man from a rich family called Ma Wencai. Liang is heartbroken and dies later. On the day of Ma and Zhu's marriage, mysterious whirlwinds prevent the wedding procession from escorting the bride beyond Liang's grave, which lies along the journey. Zhu leaves the procession to pay her respects to Liang. Suddenly, the grave opens with a clap of thunder. Without further hesitation, Zhu throws herself into the grave to join Liang. Their spirits turn into a pair of beautiful butterflies and emerge from the grave. They fly together as a pair and are never to be separated again.

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Favorite Music Song(4)

Spring Blossoms on a Moonlit River, ,() . [ensemble, mainly Pipa and Xiao (,)] Name is from a poem written by ZHANG Ruoxu () of Tang dynasty . , , In spring the river rises as high as the sea, And with the rivers rise the moon uprises bright. She follows the rolling waves for ten thousand li, And where the river flows, there overflows her light.
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Favorite Music Song(5)

The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, ,(), A Kung Fu Music.[GuQin and Xiao ensemble] Name is from one of best Wuxia(kung fu)() novels from Louis Cha(),the most famous modern Chinese Wuxia writter. One nice clan (Five Mountain Sword Sects Alliance) and one bad clan (Sun Moon Holy Cult) attack each other. Two young people, Linghu Chong ( ) from nice clan, and Ren Yingying ( ) from the bad clan, they follow love with each other, view this fighting independently, and find out that both the bad and nice clans have the similar goal, dominating the world. Then, they begin to fight for peace, other than bad or nice, and they finally succeed. A GuQin and Xiao ensemblekung fu music, written by a Hong Kong composer HU Liwei(), based on certain traditional Chinese Buddhist music.

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