This is the eighth in a 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 ...

This is the sixth in a 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 ...

Oct - Chinese singer Gong Linna recently announced that she and husband of 20 years, Robert Zollitsch have called it quits on ...

Silk instruments are mostly string instruments (including plucked, bowed, and struck). Since the very beginning, the Chinese have used silk for strings, though today metal or nylon are more frequently ...

The guqin is a Chinese zither, a plucked instrument 120cm-130cm (47 inch-51 inch) long with seven strings. It is one of the oldest instruments in China, dating back 3,000 years.

The three-day event aims to pass on the culture of Guan Gong and promote national spirit. In Chinese folklore, Guan Yu, a general from the late Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), also known as Guan ...

A facilitator uses a mallet to tap the gong, a disc-shaped percussion instrument. Participants then passively soak up the benefits of the sound. It’s referred to as a “bath” because ...

Chinese musical instruments are traditionally grouped into eight categories known as bā yīn. The eight categories are silk, bamboo, wood, stone, metal, clay, gourd and skin; other instruments ...

The San Diego Symphony’s opening concert of its subscription series featured Mahler’s Symphony #2, “Resurrection,” an ...