![]() ![]() “Ambush from Ten Sides” is a classical Pipa music. It represents the value of endurance as its fragrance “comes from the bitterness and coldness.” The song praise those with high moral integrity and unyielding courage tempered in the depth of experience. The plum blossom is an important symbol in traditional Chinese culture. The piece “Plum Blossom Melodies” is often played with flute and lyre. The soothing melody can sweep over the sorrows of those who seek peace in their mind. ![]() The piece features relaxing melody and seems to be unaffected by the unstable situation that time. The melody was first found in “Gu Yin Zheng Zhong,” a music book published in 1634 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Wild Geese Descending on the Sandbank (平沙落雁) The melody’s main part centers on the change of his feelings from hate to indignation, which profoundly revealed his unbending spirit to avenge regardless of violence.ģ. The content of “Guangling Melody” is an adaptation of the melody “Nie Zheng Assassinating King of Han”, which mainly told a sad story that a swordsmith’s Nie Zheng in the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), killed himself after stabbing the king of Han Kingdom in order to revenge his father. “Guangling Melody” was originated from the Han Dynasty (221–207 BC). Although the piece usually performed today is not the same with that Yu once played almost 3,000 years ago, it still conveys the same idea – the magnificence of high mountains and the power of moving waters. The music “High Mountain and Flowing Water” represents cherished friendship in traditional Chinese culture. Both were based on the legendary friendship between Guqin master Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi. The tune originally was two separate compositions. ![]()
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