I discovered this video by playing a mobile game called Animal Restaurant and one of the characters play a Sheng so I had to look it up cause I had never heard of such instrument and found this video...i love learning!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this educational video.
I've been doing some research lately on musical instruments in the Sasanian Empire in Iran, 3rd-7th centuries CE, and noticing a lot of images of musicians playing a version of sheng along with Iranian instruments. But after the Arab conquest of the 8th century and the end of the Sasanian dynasty, these instruments disappear, without any apparent trace. I'm guessing that the Sasanians got some from the Chinese, who they did have a lot of trade and diplomatic contacts with, but i don't know for sure, i don't think there's much research on this. I really wonder what they sounded like playing Iranian music back then...
Not enough information on the functional design to allow me to build one. I got what a free reed is, but how is the air directed to only the reeds intended to sound?
Great channel, thanks for the detailed info. I always come back to this channel when researching Chinese instruments. You guys are doing a very good job. Currently I am working on Sheng 3D models, I have found two of the six Yi of Zeng models, the South Asian models, the shosoin models, the Yu models and the modern variants. Pictures of early bronze models I could only assign to the Dian Kingdom 3rd -1st century BC, are the two models on the picture 2:02 possibly from the Dian Kingdom too?
Is the pinyin "Dian" you used here is 滇, which means Yunnan? If so, the answer is yes (see the subtitle underneath the artifact. It was from Lijia shan tomb).
@@mtsucenterforchinesemusic thank you for the quick reply. Yes I meant 滇 in the area of today's Yunnan 雲南. The ox design of the Sheng is also seen in the Dian bronze art, so I thought it might be a Dian 滇国 musical instrument. I was a little confused by the date of discovery
![[WU Tong] Air On the G String: When Sheng Meets J. S. Bach](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/z0Mn95BZ6_s/mqdefault.jpg)
I discovered this video by playing a mobile game called Animal Restaurant and one of the characters play a Sheng so I had to look it up cause I had never heard of such instrument and found this video...i love learning!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this educational video.
Thank you for your feedback!
I must have this instrument, 2000 is a lot but definitely seems worth it to me. It’s just to cool
So unique musical instrument. It's aweful.❤
What a great series of videos presenting Chinese musical instruments! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your kind words!
I've been doing some research lately on musical instruments in the Sasanian Empire in Iran, 3rd-7th centuries CE, and noticing a lot of images of musicians playing a version of sheng along with Iranian instruments. But after the Arab conquest of the 8th century and the end of the Sasanian dynasty, these instruments disappear, without any apparent trace. I'm guessing that the Sasanians got some from the Chinese, who they did have a lot of trade and diplomatic contacts with, but i don't know for sure, i don't think there's much research on this. I really wonder what they sounded like playing Iranian music back then...
How interesting. Could you send me a few images you mentioned above? Thank you. ccmc@mtsu.edu
The Zhihua Temple melody at 03:53 sounds like the beginning of "Zai Na Yaoyuan De Difang."
Just wonderful thank you
fascinating
Not enough information on the functional design to allow me to build one. I got what a free reed is, but how is the air directed to only the reeds intended to sound?
谢谢你，韩教授
Yes! Thank you Dr. Han
Great channel, thanks for the detailed info. I always come back to this channel when researching Chinese instruments. You guys are doing a very good job.
Currently I am working on Sheng 3D models, I have found two of the six Yi of Zeng models, the South Asian models, the shosoin models, the Yu models and the modern variants. Pictures of early bronze models I could only assign to the Dian Kingdom 3rd -1st century BC, are the two models on the picture 2:02 possibly from the Dian Kingdom too?
Is the pinyin "Dian" you used here is 滇, which means Yunnan? If so, the answer is yes (see the subtitle underneath the artifact. It was from Lijia shan tomb).
@@mtsucenterforchinesemusic thank you for the quick reply. Yes I meant 滇 in the area of today's Yunnan 雲南. The ox design of the Sheng is also seen in the Dian bronze art, so I thought it might be a Dian 滇国 musical instrument. I was a little confused by the date of discovery
我们那里不叫吹笙，叫吸笙。笙不能吹吗？鼓瑟吹笙，做何解释
民间有地方形容吹笙为“连吃带喝”。因为笙用的是“自由簧”，吹和吸都出声，所以称“吸笙” 也是有道理的。