Title:
Chinese Traditional Music-DongXiao洞箫：妆台秋思

Description:
1,The xiao (traditional Chinese: 簫; simplified Chinese: 箫; pinyin: xiāo; Wade-Giles: hsiao) is a Chinese vertical end-blown flute. It is generally made of dark brown bamboo (called "purple bamboo" in Chinese). It is also sometimes called dongxiao (traditional Chinese: 洞簫; simplified Chinese: 洞箫), dong meaning "hole." An ancient name for the xiao is shùdí (豎笛, lit. "vertical bamboo flute") but the name xiao in ancient times also included the side-blown bamboo flute, dizi. The xiao is a very ancient Chinese instrument usually thought to have developed from a simple end-blown flute used by the Qiang people of South-West China. The modern six-hole form of the instrument goes back to the Ming dynasty. Varieties of xiao The qinxiao (traditional Chinese: 琴簫; simplified Chinese: 琴箫) is a version of the xiao, which is narrower and generally in the key of F with eight finger holes, used to accompany the guqin. The narrowness of the qin xiao makes the tone softer, making it more suitable to play with the qin (which is a very quiet instrument). It is also the longest of all xiao types, up to 1.25m. The nanxiao (traditional Chinese: 南簫; simplified Chinese: 南箫), "Southern xiao"), sometimes called chiba (Chinese: 尺八, "foot-eight" an old name still used for the Japanese shakuhachi) is a short xiao with open blowing end used in the Nanyin, the local Fujianese opera from Quanzhou. Related instruments A separate instrument, the paixiao (traditional Chinese: 排簫; simplified Chinese: 排箫; pinyin: páixiāo) is a panpipe which was used in ancient China and which, although it remains unusual, has recently had something of a come-back. The Japanese shakuhachi and hocchiku, and the Korean danso (also spelled tanso), are descended from earlier forms of the Chinese xiao. 2,1，Papercutting is the art of cutting paper designs. The art has evolved uniquely all over the world to adopt to different cultural styles. The oldest surviving paper cut out is a symmetrical circle from the 6th century found in Xinjiang China. By the eighth or ninth century papercutting appeared in West Asia and in Turkey in the 16th century. Within a century, papercutting was being done in most of middle Europe. Chinese Paper Cutting 剪紙 was the first style developed in China, since Cai Lun invented paper in the region. There are a number of distinct uses for the paper cut outs in Chinese culture, almost all of which are for health, prosperity or decorative purposes. Where it is different compared to other cultural style is the extensive use of red. Also it has a heavy emphasis on single or a few Chinese characters often symbolizing with the Chinese Zodiac animals.

Author:
juanpingz

Tags:
ancient, China, classical, culture, DongXiao, instruement, musical, 洞箫,