This is the seventh in a series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional ... and their history. Bamboo is fast-growing, widely available and versatile, which makes ...

From the earliest playable musical instruments to their roles in a modern four-section orchestra, Chinese traditional instruments and their 8,000-year history explained. The ‘Chinese bagpipes ...

In this “Jeux de Mains” format, artisans from each of the 17 participating French luxury maisons collaborate with Chinese ...

Today, Chinese parents rock infants in bamboo cradles, and children play with bamboo toys or blow bamboo flutes. As adults, peasants shape the ground with bamboo tools and, in the spring ...

The dizi is a bamboo flute and is widely used in Chinese folk music and opera. The first flutes excavated date back to over 8 ...