Traditional Musical Instruments Ancient Chinese believed music cleansed people’s minds. There were around 70 types of traditional musical instruments. The instruments were a string, wind, and percussion. These are ten of the most common traditional instruments. Xun The xun is one of the oldest musical instruments. It is older than 7,000 years. People first used […]
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Chinese traditional music is played with instruments of the xun, chimes, xiao, sheng, pipa, guzheng, guqin, erhu, drums, and the bamboo flute. Often this music is played for ceremonies or to accompany dancers or other instruments in an orchestra. This music is also played for the background of a play or opera. It is enjoyed
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About 1/5 of the world’s population speaks Chinese. Mandarin is the official language of China, Taiwan, and Singapore. Other Chinese languages include (in the order of which they are spoken): Wu, Cantonese, and Min. There are over 3,000 dialects of Chinese spoken in China, but only one way to write Chinese. The Chinese language has
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China is a large nation and has many interesting places to explore. You will see much of the tradition, culture and the beauty of the land by traveling to these recommended places. The Great Wall The star attraction of China is the Great Wall. This large structure was built to keep intruders from coming into China.
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Festivals have always been important in China, with Chinese New Year probably the most important. This festival begins on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar and special food, clothes, decorations, and gifts are bought for good luck. This celebration ends on the 15th day of the month, which is then
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China is a very big country, so traditional clothing depended on the weather in a particular area as well as the job some did and his or her family background. Tunics, like long shirts, were very popular clothing for men and women. Women’s tunics were longer, all the way down to the ankles. When it
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Chinese food is very popular all over the world. Most Chinese meals come with rice or noodles as well as vegetables, meat, fish, pork or chicken. Peking/Beijing Duck is probably China’s most famous food and is a tasty meal of crispy duck slices eaten on thin pancakes with a kind of dipping sauce called hoisin
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