This year's summer camp attracted 130 enthusiastic young pipa players from across the country. Over the course of two and a ...

Wang Xiao stages a concert at the China Conservatory of Music on July 4. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Wang Xiao, a ...

China's distinct aesthetics are not only embodied in every aspect of Chinese life, but also increasingly bringing spiritual enjoyment to people of all cultural backgrounds in the form of artistic ...

Yet, its four instrumental styles - the plucked string, bowed string, wind and percussion instruments - differentiate traditional Chinese music from others by expressing under-lined cultural ...

A guqin master provides hands-on instruction to a student on the playing techniques of this ancient Chinese instrument. Photo: VCG. Editor's Note: The pursuit of beauty has been a ...

The erhu, a two-stringed Chinese bowed instrument, had a lively call-and-response with the piano, which felt hopeful like sunlight peeking from clouds. After a brief pause for intermission, the stage ...

Their strings once made of twisted silk, Chinese stringed instruments the zither, or guqin, and erhu have a long history.

The ruan is a Chinese plucked string instrument with a long neck and a circular body that is more than 2,000 years old.