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Pounding Clothes, also called Autumn Pestle or Pounding Clothes in the Courtyard During Autumn, is attributed to the work of Pan Tingjian from the Tang dynasty. It describes scenes of women pounding and washing clothes for relatives who had gone to the faraway borders, reflecting people’s longing f...
“Lotus Emerging out of Water” is one of the representatives of Hakka guzheng pieces. It has a modest pitch and elegant style that depict the pure and dignified manner of the lotus remains unaffected by the mud it blooms from....
"Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake" is a Chinese folk song. The music was composed to illustrate the beauty and grace of the famous West Lake in east China’s Hangzhou City which has been considered a gorgeous place of tranquility since ancient times....
“Festival on Tianshan Mountains” is a nice Yangqin piece filled with a festive vibe, which expresses people's happiness in the festival season as they dance and sing to the music....
Ode to Pipa features a mesmerizing dance inspired by a poem written by distinguished poet Bai Juyi from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). ...
Originally a pipa solo piece, it has been popular in China since Ming Dynasty, called “Pipa of Xunyang”, also named as Flute and Drum at Sunset. Around 1925, this music is renamed as “A Moonlit Night on the Spring River”, which is the name of a poem from Tang Dynasty by Zhang Ruoxu. Since then, ...
Born in 1969, Lin Hai is one of the successful composer that beautifully mixed western and eastern styles. This composition was published in Lin Hai’s music album “Images of Pipa” in 2003. The simple yet touching melody soon became the icon of modern Chinese instrumental pop, and was used as the m...
Dance of the Yi People, sometimes also called Dance of the Yi Tribe or Yi Dance, is one of the most popular solo compositions for the pipa. It was composed in the 1960s by the Chinese composer Wang Huiran, presumably based on traditional music of the Yi people of southern China. With the innovativ...
Ambush from Ten Sides is a classical piece written for the pipa. "Ambush" is written in the "Wu" or martial style, and is about the Battle of Gaixia in 202 BC during which General Xiang Yu was defeated by Liu Bang. Ambush from Ten Sides provides a vivid depiction, in the form of musical narrative...
Autumn Yearning at the Dressing Table has a historical allusion. Wang Zhaojun was one of the four legendary beauties in Chinese history. Initially a palace maiden, she was sent to marry the head of a foreign kingdom as a gesture of peace. Enduring a life in an alien land with harsh natural and cu...
