Traditional Chinese Music

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What is What is Traditional Chinese Music?

Generally: Music that arises from China.Narrowly: In 1935,the China Broadcast Company assimilated western and original Chinese music and called it Traditional Chinese Music.

Wind instrumentsWind instruments

fluteflute

reed pipereed pipe

reed pipe reed pipe

低音大排笙

suona hornsuona horn

stringed instrumentstringed instruments

stringed instrumentstringed instruments

erhuerhu

gaohugaohu

BanhuBanhu

lutelute

liuqinliuqin

ruanruan

大阮 中阮 小阮

three-string fiddlethree-string fiddle

yukin --yukin -- four-stringed musical four-stringed musical instrumentinstrument

dulcimerdulcimer

percussion percussion instrumentinstruments

percussion instrumentpercussion instruments

percussion instrumentpercussion instruments

percussion instrumentpercussion instruments

wooden clapperwooden clapper

woodblockwoodblock

cumbalcumbal

gonggong

大鑼

gonggong

雲鑼 (37面鑼 ) 十面鑼

pi-drumpi-drum

kettledrumkettledrum

gehugehu

cellocello 、、 double bassdouble bass