• Pipa (Chinese: 琵琶; pinyin: Pípá) is a town in Fushun County, Zigong, Sichuan province, China. As of 2020[update], it administers Pipachang Residential...
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  • China Pipa, Sichuan, a town in Fushun County, Sichuan, China Pipa Subdistrict, a subdistrict of Gulou District, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China Pipa Beach, a...
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    The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a (Chinese: 琵琶) is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called...
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    governor of Sichuan Province during Republic of China period. In 1955, the garden started to open to public as an urban park. On the top of Pipa Mountain...
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    AD), a copper instrument that looked like the Qin pipa was discovered in an ancient tomb in Sichuan (四川). It had 13 frets and a round sound box. It was...
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    introduced elements of Indian music. Instruments of Central Asian origin such as pipa were adopted in China, the Indian Heptatonic scale was introduced in the...
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    Sichuan opera (Chinese: 川劇; Sichuanese Pinyin: Cuan1ju4; pinyin: Chuānjù) is a type of Chinese opera originating in China's Sichuan province around 1700...
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    family includes not only short-necked plucked lutes such as the lute, oud, pipa, guitar, citole, gittern, mandore, rubab, and gambus and long-necked plucked...
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    1 township: subdistricts Fushi 富世街道 Dengjingguan 邓井关街道 Donghu 东湖街道 towns Pipa 琵琶镇 Shishi 狮市镇 Qilong 骑龙镇 Daisi 代寺镇 Tongsi 童寺镇 Gufo 古佛镇 Yongnian 永年镇 Doushan...
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    CE), Mogao Caves, Cave 285, Dunhuang, Western Wei period An apsara plays a pipa in Mogao Caves, Cave 285, Western Wei period. Monarchy of China Zizhi Tongjian...
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    Vava (rapper) (category Singers from Sichuan)
    professionally known as Vava, is a Chinese rapper and singer from Ya'an, Sichuan. Her English stage name Vava is a synonym for "doll" in Chinese (Chinese:...
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    Cantonese opera, Yu opera, kunqu, qinqiang, Huangmei opera, pingju, and Sichuan opera are also performed regularly before dedicated fans. Their differences...
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    the Tibetans of the Mili Tibetan Autonomous County and Yanyuan County in Sichuan, the Pumi are recognized as an official minority nationality unique to...
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    op. 24 (1993) Concerto of Life for piano and orchestra, op. 23c (2000) Pipa Concerto op. 31 (2001) Scent of Green Mango for piano and orchestra, op.42...
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    at the court of the royal family of Former Shu in Chengdu (modern-day Sichuan). Li Shunxian also was a poet. Their family had come to China in 880 and...
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    Everlasting Sorrow"), which tells the story of Yang Guifei, and "Pipa xing" ("Song of the Pipa"). Bai Juyi lived during the Middle Tang period. This was a...
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    Visalia 3,000 June 10, 2000 Toyota Amphitheatre Wheatland 18,500 June 3, 2022 Hard Rock Live Sacramento 2,500 unknown Pipa Event Center Winterhaven 2,300...
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    rammed earth and wooden structure above. Anzhen castle, Yong'an (zh:安贞堡) Pipa castle (琵琶堡), Datian County Datian Castle (zh:大田土堡) In Kaiping, Guandong...
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    for the ensemble by Liu Yaozhang (柳堯章) in 1925 based on an older tune for pipa. Another important figure of this period was Liu Tianhua who also formed...
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    Battle of Gaixia and his romance with Consort Yu. Two musical pieces for the pipa depict the Battle of Gaixia from the Han and Chu perspectives respectively...
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  • 528 HZ 8va for orchestra and electronics (2021/2022) Nur Ich for gu zheng, pipa, sheng, percussion, piano, violin, viola and violoncello (2009) Fokus-Axis...
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  • blends traditional Chinese instruments such as the dizi, erhu, guzheng, and pipa with Western orchestral music, fusing folk music with symphony. The original...
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    including Waist drum (腰鼓), Capricorn drum (羯鼓), Gong, Quxiang pipa (曲项琵琶), and Five-stringed pipa (五弦琵琶) were introduced into the Central Plains. The unification...
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    while Chinese court music flourished with instruments such as the popular pipa. Tang scholars compiled a rich variety of historical literature, as well...
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    guitar. The most common lute type in these findings resembles the Chinese pipa, first mentioned in Chinese sources as late as in the 2nd century AD, and...
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    were also performed there Li Weiwei, Olympics handball player Liu Fang, pipa player Maran Brang Seng, Burmese politician (died in Kunming) Ma Yashu, actress...
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    the Pipa, titled Lute Song written by Will Irwin, Sidney Howard and starred Yul Brenner and Mary Martin, was produced on Broadway. Tale of the Pipa is...
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    along with high level officials, to celebrate the victory, playing the pipa himself at the celebration and having the guests dance to it. As Chang'an...
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    "Hair Like Snow" incorporated traditional Chinese instruments including the pipa and yangqin. Two studio recordings of duets have been officially placed in...
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    five-color streamers are erected. They are holding musical instruments like pipa, two-stringed fiddle, castanet etc. and dancing elegantly and vividly. A...
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