Originating nearly 2,500 years ago, the guzheng is a traditional Chinese zither, a stringed instrument featuring up to 21 movable strings and bridges. The ancient instrument was the exact piece ...

A Chinese musician put a new spin on Irish music by playing some of Ireland's favorite trad songs on traditional Chinese instruments. Jaylin Chu always had an interest in Irish music but found it very ...

The 2024 Beijing Traditional Music Festival taking place from Oct 26 to Sunday in Beijing.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The 2024 Beijing Traditional Music Festival — Chinese Music (National ...

BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Within a courtyard adorned with a lotus pond, rugged rockeries and apricot trees in the southern suburban region of Beijing, a musician with a gray beard passionately plays ...

CHICAGO — The pandemic made a trip to China to cover the Olympic host country difficult. So we pivoted and found the Spirit of China stories right here at home in the United States. We traveled to ...

This is the third 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 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 ...

Mantawoman, who grew up in San Francisco and studied the dulcimer in China, talks about Yo-Yo Ma, their music and embodying their true self The Chinese hammered dulcimer, or yangqin, has been around ...

Apple’s interests in China, its second-largest regional market, expand far beyond their recent $1 billion investment in Didi Chuxing. As the company eyes a larger presence in China, they’re also ...

Xu Yang and her Chamber Orchestra perform. Unlike the widely-known Pipa, a pear-shaped four-stringed instrument passed down through numerous vicissitudes of China's long history, a similar plucked ...

The 2024 Beijing Traditional Music Festival taking place from Oct 26 to Sunday in Beijing.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Breaking regional and academic barriers, the festival invited 225 ...