Folk music "Willow" from the album "Chinese Music Map of Hearing Jilin Korean Folk Music Collection"
Willow
Composer: Wen Haoyue Nationality: Korean Region: Jilin
Xiao Xi Qin: Kim Shunhua
Transverse Flute: Lee Eun-hee
Xiao: Zhu Guihua
Gayageum: Choi Honghua
Changgu: Xu Jilong
Xi Qin, a stringed musical instrument originated in the Tang Dynasty, is generally regarded as the predecessor of Erhu. After it was introduced into the Korean Peninsula, it was deeply loved by the Korean people and is still popular in Yanbian area today. Xiao Xi Qin, a modified instrument of the traditional Xi Qin, has a brighter and rounder tone. In this piece of music derived from a traditional folk song, Xiao Xi Qin plays a light and revolving melody with a soft and melodious chord, which vividly depicts the vivid scene of a graceful willow tree trembling in the breeze.