Fading Melody

Author: Zeng Su Jin
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Features: This book focuses on selecting ancient Chinese musical instruments based on factors such as their representativeness, contemporary popularity, historical impact, and the availability of resources. It highlights seventeen instruments, including the xun, dizi, shakuhachi, paixiao, di, kousheng, sheng, guanzi, suona, zhu, se, zheng, guqin, zhonggu, jiao, and lu. Given the vastness of Chinese musical instruments, the diversity of the Chinese nation, the longevity of Chinese history, and the expanse of Chinese geography, this selection can only be considered a selective and limited representation. However, this book is not an encyclopedia or a historical record of musical instruments but rather a prose-style documentation that explores the appreciation and reflection of musical instruments. It offers flexibility and freedom in the selection of instruments. The book includes rich and detailed images of ancient musical instruments, hoping that readers can hear the inner and outer sounds of Chinese ancient music through these quiet, real images of the instruments.