On a summer night in August, 2,000 people filed into a concert hall in Hamburg, Germany, looking forward to a performance by a local jazz musician Joja Wendt. What they didn't expect, was to be blown ...

The Ruan, a traditional plucked string instrument of the Han Chinese, also known as the Ruan Xian or Ruan Qin, has a rich history and evolving identity. It was originally referred to as the Qin Pipa ...

Yichang stringed and woodwind instrumental music is unique among all the folk instrumental music in Hubei Province. It takes strings and bamboos as main instruments to perform. It is a variety of ...

A special exhibition on Chinese music, instruments and the technology behind them opened on Thursday at the Museum for ...

A news report from China.org.cn on the Jing ethnic group: The Jing ethnic group: Single-stringed instrument offers tones of unique ocean cul ...

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 timeless thread ...

Bordering nations often share a common food or musical heritage that develops as a process of mutual influences. Mongolia, with its rich and distinctive musical traditions, is bordered by Russia in ...

A worker makes a traditional Chinese musical instrument at a factory in Suning County, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 19, 2025. Suning County in Hebei Province is now home to over 300 musical ...

A group of youngsters in red silk Mandarin-collared shirts are plucking, beating or blowing into Asian musical instruments that generate delicately trembling and airy melodies. The young musicians ...

“There is so much beautiful folk music in China,” says Suli Xue, founder of Pacific Harmony String Quartet, which performs in Benaroya Hall Saturday. “But I don’t play those instruments.” The ...