Chinese Monochord Traditional Chinese monochord, also named duxian paoqin in Chinese, is a kind of traditional instrument handed down from ancient china. Its recorded history goes back the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600~1100BC), In the light of the saying of the up for Omissions(shiyi) published in Southern Dynasty(386-589AD), it is said that musician yan was an official in charge of the administration of music affairs in the age of Xuan-yuan, the yellow emperor(huang Di), and by the time of shang Dynasty several top musical official were assigned as a ieading-group to compile the music between the periods of three Legendary Emperors and the five Legendary Rulers.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:31:50 +0000
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