IN earlier times,mastery of music,Chinese chess,calligraphy,and painting attested to a Chinese scholar＇s level of cultural accomplishment.Music came top of the list,and that played on the guqin,a zitherlike instrumen...IN earlier times,mastery of music,Chinese chess,calligraphy,and painting attested to a Chinese scholar＇s level of cultural accomplishment.Music came top of the list,and that played on the guqin,a zitherlike instrument,was prominent in the lives of literary ancients.展开更多
This group of figurines, each 0.15m tall, were unearthed from a Tang Dynasty tomb in Changsha in 1977. Music was very developed in the Tang Dynasty. Colorful musical instruments and dances were popular both among the ...This group of figurines, each 0.15m tall, were unearthed from a Tang Dynasty tomb in Changsha in 1977. Music was very developed in the Tang Dynasty. Colorful musical instruments and dances were popular both among the people and in the palace. These vivid-looking figurines wear pleated skirts with small sleeves and open chest, a style influenced by the non-Han nationalities living in the north and west of China. Some of the musical instruments were brought from the Western Regions. The figurines are playing the xiao (a vertical bamboo flute), the konghou展开更多
文摘IN earlier times,mastery of music,Chinese chess,calligraphy,and painting attested to a Chinese scholar＇s level of cultural accomplishment.Music came top of the list,and that played on the guqin,a zitherlike instrument,was prominent in the lives of literary ancients.
文摘This group of figurines, each 0.15m tall, were unearthed from a Tang Dynasty tomb in Changsha in 1977. Music was very developed in the Tang Dynasty. Colorful musical instruments and dances were popular both among the people and in the palace. These vivid-looking figurines wear pleated skirts with small sleeves and open chest, a style influenced by the non-Han nationalities living in the north and west of China. Some of the musical instruments were brought from the Western Regions. The figurines are playing the xiao (a vertical bamboo flute), the konghou
