Traditional music in China is played on solo instruments or in small ensembles of plucked and bowed stringed instruments, flutes, and various cymbals, gongs, and drums. The scale is pentatonic. Bamboo pipes and qin are among the oldest known musical instruments from China; instruments are traditionally divided into categories based on their material of composition: animal skins, gourd, bamboo, wood, silk, earth/clay, metal and stone. Chinese orchestras traditionally consist of bowed strings, woodwinds, plucked strings and percussion.
Han folk music thrives at weddings and funerals and usually includes a form of oboe called a suona and percussive ensembles called chuigushou. The mu ...
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Light and gentle Chinese solo instrumental with plucked Pipa. Flowing, smooth and delicate. Film, TV, Documentary, Video. Folk music, traditional, soft and relaxed. Honour to the king, women doing a feminine dance, royal event, sacred things. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Gentle, expressive Chinese melody played by traditional ensemble. Featuring live bawu lead. Evokes images of China's landscape and culture, for film, TV or video game. Instrumental, Asian music, dramatic music, documentary. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Busy, bustling, industrious, modern day China. Great, powerful yet humble hard-working people going about their simple existence. Contemporary with traditional elements, rhythmic opening builds to expansive Oriental theme.. Ideal for travelogue, business, documentary, historic from the Far East. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
An intense buildup. A huapengu with a score to settle is joined by a rather breakbeat Fangu. Intense and calculated rimshot exchange segues into a booming theme with omniscient bianzhong bell set. Luo gong crashes and Bo cymbal whips mark the dramatic passage of time til all fades to dying bianzhong, Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
This track is great for Chinese New Year, scenes with an Asian setting and feel, commercials, documentaries, video games, and much more! It features beautiful Dizi Chinese flute, passionate Asian percussion, and haunting Erhu Chinese violin. Full of history, beauty, tradition, and power. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Bold traditional Chinese track featuring exotic Chinese violin. Elegant, exotic, festive and lively. Playful, beautiful traditional Chinese music. Haunting melody, delicate and soulful, Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Chinese instrumental music. Exotic and sweet, very similar to traditional American folk music - simple and sweet, but with an Oriental flavor. Pleasing and easily digested, terrific background music for love stories set in the Orient or exotic locales, the beaches of Vietnam, etc. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Chinese music. Dreamy, ethereal track. Oriental strings, touching, stirring, emotional. Slow to medium slow tempo. Sounds of ancient China. Chinese warlords, the invention of gunpowder, the Great Wall of China, the Forbidden City. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Describing living like elf in a high mountain; clean and remote flute mix up with huqin to extol the life. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Attracted by your sweet and innocent smile hidden by a bead curtain; to express this by the paper-made plane; performed by flutes and Chinese Zithers. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Free and easy melody like airy fairies with light and tender bodies as well as majesty implying the temple with this aspect. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
To draw the one in my dream, but her beautiful face can't totally be drawn. She is like a poem as well as a classic and graceful melody. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
This melody is lively and joyous. It vividly describes the beautiful scenery of the river and the life that it supports. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
In order to give this song the most vivid expression of soul to this song, the musician modified the melody for gehu (a fusion of Chinese erhu and cello) to express the tune to give it more life. Great for underscore for travel or scenic scenes. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
This melody is lively, peaceful and expressive. This song describes the scenery at night. Great for travel documentaries or for a project that needs and Asian/Chinese flair or feel. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
This song is played by banhu (Chinese guitar), with changing speeds, powers and tempos. It is sometimes soft and sometimes furious. Great for travel or martial arts documentary or scenes. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
This song is about the story of Hua Mulan, the girl that pretended to be a boy to join the army in place of her elderly father. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Delicate dreamy bamboo flute, Erhu, Gaohu, China cymbals, gong & harp. Dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy. Gentle & mesmerizing, builds to a sweet high. A tranquil, beautiful journey. Great Asian Travel Tourism Fashion Spas Corporate branding epic Oriental love story or Chinese peasant documentary, Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
"Muo Li Hua" is an ancient Chinese folk song that celebrates the beauty and fragrance of the jasmine flower. Our arrangement features recorder and pan flute lead backed by shamisen, kalimba, woodblock, and several Chinese percussion instruments. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
This simple, earthy piece evokes the traditional culture of the East without any frills. Chinese kettle drums, ethnic strings, and light percussion create a respectable tone. Great for travel TV shows, tea ceremonies, restaurant advertisements, etc. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Traditional Chinese-style piece featuring a zheng (koto) and a small gong. Peaceful and Zen-like with a delicate melody. Where are the chopsticks? Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Flutes, harps and zither float through this traditional Chinese melody. Peaceful background melody for meditation, restaurants, or to convey feelings of world music and far away places. The instruments trade off on melody and improvisation. Lots of glissandos with harp and zither. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Xi Feng, meaning “Western Phoenix” in Chinese, is an oriental flavoured track based in the old Chinese Dynasty. Pounding drums with big cymbal clashes & gongs, combined with an upbeat melody and rhythm make for an epic celebratory song. Crowds join together and rejoice, flowers cover the ground, Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
A beautiful and melodic China / Tibetan / Malaysian / Far Eastern Orient instrumental track. Romantic, pretty and evocative, featuring Java gong, Chinese temple flute and various other oriental instruments. Suitable for travel programs, documentaries as well as romance and idyllic imagery etc. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Chinese (Mandarin) music. Both traditional chinese instruments and vocals mixed with contemporary orchestral ensemble. Romantic atmosphere reminiscent of the sweet gentle breeze at dawn. music for TV & films, corporate, documentary, muzak, radio. Female Vocals, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Ancient and majestic traditional flavour of the Far East. Important, patriotic and great. Features traditional Chinese instruments - Chinese Violin, strings, gong, flute in varying movements. Perfect for Travelogue, Far Eastern business & financal, Chinese history. Main mix & lite bed mix, Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Warm, welcoming and relaxed Oriental track composed for commerials. Charming, tranquil and tender. Features traditional oriental instrumentation. Perfect for 30sec Radio & TV commercials for Chinese, Japanese or Asian restaurants or take-way businesses. Also suitable for documentary. 30sec Advert, Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Catchy xiao melody. Calm and very deeply track with an old chinese instrument similar to a flute. Evokes the landscapes of China and its traditionals folk sounds. Perfect for documentaries or travel channels. Tribal and ethnic track with wind instrument. Oriental, Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Road To Shanghai. Ethnic composition in Chinese Traditional music style. Romantic and adventurous spirit of ancient china, voices of thousands year old tradition. Smooth music of clear blue sky, long road and dream, that break barriers. Arranged for erhu, guzheng and Chinese gongs. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Elegant, mysterious Oriental style multi-layered piece with erhu, guzheng, percussion, finger cymbals. Beautiful track. Perfect for Asian travel, hotels, corporate branding, high end fashion, romance or themes of dynamic change. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Elegant traditional Chinese track featuring Chinese violin with folksy acoustic guitar accompaniment. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Dramatic fusion of traditional Chinese and classical music with a spanish flare. Features Chinese violin with flamenco guitar and a beautiful string and piano accompaniment. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
An authentic ancient piece, originating from court ritual and used in Taoist temple ceremony as well as for aristocratic background chamber music, the solemn, regal feeling develops with bells and wood blocks. Main instruments are Taiwanese coconut shell fiddle and pipa lute. meditative, Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Poignant and sparse, this is an authentic ancient classical Chinese piece, originating from the Tang dynasty. It evokes a solemn, regal, meditative mood. The instrumentation is Taiwanese coconut shell fiddle, erhu and pipa lute. The performance is peaceful and calming while creating a subtle tension, Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Authentic Chinese ritual music. Chinese instrumentation. Exotic female singing and chanting. Ideal for the Travel Channel, History Channel, Asian film scenes, Documentaries, PBS, and more. Solid performances. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
