Spring Blossoms on a Moonlit River 春江花月夜

[thekingofmoney2000]

There is nothing "crude" about it!

[jcchoy]

Thank you wangjianruc for provided me with the name 曾格格. Western trained in piano, I never come to appreciate our own culture and music. It is so rich and beautiful in many ways which westerners always written off as only pentatonic only 5 notes compared to 12 notes scale.

[donnaaustralia]

如果穿古代汉族的服装会更美

[sjtsgc]

she is the best

[Mrshexz]

This is the best version of the music found in YouTube. I love the song so much.

[jcchoy]

All of a sudden, I wanted to listen to this piece very much to-night. A very beautiful performance, I love it. Do you know when it was performed ? What is the name of the lady playing the flute in bright blue silk Chinese traditional dress ?

[mutou0203]

@jcchoy zeng gege

[humourlayers]

The same number being played on a grandiose scale during the Beijing olympics:

Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony part 5

watch?v=V_u8kHhz-qU

[zxm321456]

梦回唐朝~~~i am just dreaming return to Tang Dynasty!!!!!

[faco5168]

國樂~應該要好好發揚光大!

[H2Zman]

People make fun of me for being obsessed with chinese stuff. But there's a good reason for that.

I've always wondered if there's a traditional chinese way of writing music, and whether or not these musicians use them, or if they just read western sheet music.

[utubemat33]

@H2Zman :there was a chinese way of writing music. but reciting the music in the past was commonplace. However, modern chinese orchestra adpoted the western way....which is kinda sad.

[createallow3126]

Exquisite arrangement! Exquisite artistry! 

[momlily2]

So Bewitching these Artists,

So Enchanting the Music.

So thankful to Thelandilove

[gnehzeey]

one of the greatest pieces of music in the world; superbly played; so heavenly to the ears; so deeply touching to the soul.

[Pichounator]

I love the pipa.

[gottotownie]

excellent

[gottotownie]

wonderful

[gottotownie]

wonderful

[Silmarunya]

It never ceases to amaze me how amazing China's classical music and culture in general is. This music can stand on equal footage with the greatest European classics, and many Chinese music actually predates these western classics by a long time.

It's amazing how music that sounds so sharp and even crude on first hearing turns out to be so deep and rich...

[frednolasco]

@Silmarunya may i add: chinese music presents a combination between the soft and intense moments, together with the complex rythmic construccions that create unique emotional density. outerworldly beauty. chinese music is the tao itself, it represents the yin and the yang, the peace and the struggle, sadness and happiness, night and day, feminine gentleness and masculine strength, nature's raw power of a thunder and the subtleness of the bird's songs! a celebration of universal beauty!

[thekingofmoney2000]

@Silmarunya Trypicsal westerner...what makes you think that people in Asia have to think European classical music is so great? Why would western music be automatically superior to Chinese, Asian or any other regions music? Crude? Well, maybe to you! Stop being so ethnocentric, the world does not revolve around Europe! Chinese culture and music predated any classical western music!

[GorgeousSelene]

Oh just amazingly beautiful!! You can just imagine such a lovely and peaceful place to be in.

[angelqueen9989]

I thought I recognized this song! Its from the olympics in Beijing! Its sounds pretty!

[muzixiang]

@angelqueen9989 yes you are right this is the background music played in part of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.

[thetijger]

whats is the name for this groep

[antibishop]

China Central Chinese Orchestra

[humourlayers]

Distinctly beautiful!

Bravo!

[LilPinkUmbrella]

beautiful

[qoud168]

太美了

[treasureword]

good