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Wood is a common material in many Chinese musical instruments, but relatively few are classified as wooden under the system that assigns instruments to one of eight categories, the bayin.

In 2008, it was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Guqin is ...

The sheng is one of the oldest, most important traditional Chinese instruments. It is made of bamboo pipes and its origins can be traced back over 3,000 years, making it one of the earliest known ...

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Less well known are the musical instruments made of clay commonly played in China since the Zhou dynasty (1046BC-256BC). Today, clay is one of the bayin, the eight categories into which Chinese ...