In her hands, the pipa seems to come alive as each touch of Chinese performer Zhao Cong makes magic come from the traditional Chinese musical instrument. On the stage of the G20 Hangzhou summit along the West Lake, East China s Zhejiang Province, the performance of
At around 140 BC during China s Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian, a royal emissary, made a journey to the West from Chang an (present-day Xi an in Shaanxi Province), opening an overland route linking East and West. Centuries later, in the years of the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, silk routes boomed over both land and at sea. In the early 15th century, Zheng He, the famous Chinese navigator of the Ming Dynasty, made seven voyages to the Western Seas, which boosted trade along the maritime silk routes.
A unique concert season featuring young Chinese folk instrument musicians was launched in Beijing on Sunday. By using traditional string and wind instruments, the folk chamber orchestra recreates songs about famous heroes of the past.
On Friday, the China National Traditional Orchestra brought a concert featuring the Great Wall to audiences in Beijing at the China National Center for Performing Arts, which aims at promoting the construction of the Great Wall national cultural park and at deepening the audiences’ understanding of the ancient relic.
The China National Traditional Orchestra raised the curtain on the Spring of Traditional Chinese Music performance season on Friday night with a concert featuring China s traditional musical instruments and other elements at the National Centre for the Performing Arts(NCPA).