Dong Xiaolin's pipa performance "Six Horses of Zhaoling" comes from the album "Music Book: Pipa - Dong Xiaolin".
The Tang Zhaoling Mausoleum is located in Jiuyu Mountain, northeast of Liquan County, Shaanxi Province, northeast of Liquan County, Shaanxi Province, China. In the ten years of Tang Zhenguan, after Li Shimin buried the eldest Empress Wende, to commemorate his military exploits, he ordered the six horses (mounts) who would follow him through thousands of miles of expedition and hardships on the battlefield during the unification war in the early Tang Dynasty. The carving stands in the Xuanwu Gate of Zhaoling, which is the world-famous "Six Horses of Zhaoling". The six mounts are - Sa Lu Zi, Quan Mao Qi, Shi Fa Chi, Qing Qi, Teller Pu, and White Hoof Wu. The author uses novel techniques, rich layers and unique ideas to depict a majestic, vigorous and handsome horse, galloping and fighting with arrows. The tune material adopts the Tang Sanqu "Brahman Yin", which deliberately pursues the style of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty. This is the only "Wu Opera" in the creation of Pipa, which has a milestone significance. Conceived in 1991, first drafted in 1993, finalized in 2001.