Zhang Hongyan still clearly remembers her first encounter with the pipa. "My father taught me at that time. I was 7 years old that year, and the pipa used was the same size as this one." She fondled the pipa in her arms and recalled with a smile. The 7-year-old child couldn't hold the pipa, so the father thought of a way to tie the pipa with one end of the rope and hang the other end of t...

Someone asked Fang Jinlong: "You see that there are so many musical instruments in folk music, why is the pipa so popular recently?" Fang Jinlong replied: "Pipa became popular in the Tang Dynasty. Who was it in Tang Dynasty? Bai Juyi. What did Bai Juyi write? The most famous one is called 'Pipa' and 'Xing'!" Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing" is well known to women and children. Songs...

In recent years, everyone's enthusiasm for ethnic musical instruments has been getting higher and higher! The editor believes that the musical instruments and tunes that have been passed down in China for thousands of years will surely have stronger vitality in the future. Let’s take a look at these ethnic musical instruments suitable for children to learn~ Guzheng It is currently t...

The mountains and rivers resonate, and the lingering sound is thousands of years. The reporter learned from the Zhengzhou Grand Theater today that in order to launch the urban cultural brand of "Walking in Henan and Understanding China", the theater will launch the "Ancient Rhyme and Modern Sound" Folk Music Festival in April this year, with a strong lineup and rich content of Chinese music fea...

Chinese folk music shines brightly in the international cultural and art field, and there are more and more Chinese folk music learners and communicators at home and abroad. With their love and persistence, they inherit and transmit the sound of folk music all over the world, making folk music Appreciated and known by more people. Sophie is a Chinese-French mixed-race girl. She started to...

The sound of the pipa is intoxicating. On the long Silk Road of employees, accompanied by the neighing of horses and the jingling of camel bells, the ancient singing of this pipa lingers. Pipa has a long history and ancient meaning, and it has appeared as early as the Qin Dynasty. Its timbre is clear and expressive, and it is known as the sound of gold and stone. Many poets give vivid des...

In the 1950s, a film about the guerrillas in southern Shandong, "Railway Guerrilla", was released in China. This legendary film has been popular for three decades since its release, and it has been etched in the memory of generations of Chinese people. And the movie episode "Playing My Beloved Pipa" composed by composer Lv Qiming has also become an enduring classic. Most people don't know what ...

The sound of the piano is rhythmic and melodious. Beauty is not only the pursuit of appearance, but also the cultivation of the soul. After our exclusive interview with Mr. Wang Yu, we are even more convinced of the new definition of "beauty" in this era. Among the traditional musical instruments in my country, the pipa is known as the "head of the plucked musical instr...

Nanping playing and singing is a unique folk playing and singing art spread in Jiuzhaigou (formerly Nanping County). It was first popular in the northwest region of my country and was brought to Jiuzhaigou County by immigrants from Shaanxi and Gansu during the Yongzheng and Jiaqing years of the Qing Dynasty. Due to the special geographical location of Jiuzhaigou and the deep integration with lo...

The Chinese music "Dunhuang: Ode to Mercy" performed at the Shanghai Grand Theater and the 2022 Shanghai New Year's Concert at the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall will use a selection of Chinese and Western songs and new interpretations of traditional works to play the sound of the city on the occasion of the New Year's Eve.  Dunhuang Bounce Pipa, Fengshou Konghou...