• The guan (Chinese: 管; pinyin: guǎn; lit. 'pipe" or "tube') is a Chinese double reed wind instrument. The northern Chinese version is called guanzi (管子)...
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  • Look up guan, guān, guǎn, or guàn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Guan may refer to: Guan (surname), several similar Chinese surnames Guān, Chinese...
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  • as follows: The most famous of all the Guan surnames due to its association with the war deity Guan Yu, the Guan (關) family name came from Dongfu (董父)...
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    A folk instrument is a traditional musical instrument that has remained largely restricted to traditional folk music, and is not usually used in the classical...
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  • Master Guan"), Chinese text named after Guan Zhong Guan (instrument) (管, or guanzi 管子), Chinese double reed instrument Guanzi (currency), a type of banknote...
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    Ba Ban”(鳳陽歌絞八板 ) “Tian Yue”(天乐) Traditional Chinese musical instruments Guan (instrument) Lingm Zurna Piccolo oboe Rhaita Kangling Sopila Shehnai "Song...
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    Autumn period (771–476 BC). Together with the qin, it is mentioned in the Guan Ju, the famous first poem from the Classic of Poetry (11th–7th centuries...
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    Grouping of musical instruments, Tang dynasty Chinese musical instruments are traditionally grouped into eight categories known as bā yīn (八音). The eight...
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    Hichiriki (category Double-reed instrument stubs)
    is often described as haunting. The hichiriki is derived from the Chinese guan, which was imported into Japan during the Tang dynasty. According to scholars...
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    Guan Xiaotong (Chinese: 关晓彤; born 17 September 1997) is a Chinese actress and singer of Manchu descent. She is known for her roles in films The Left Ear...
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    Lusheng (redirect from Sheng guan)
    is thus a polyphonic instrument. Its construction includes six parts (mouthpiece, air feed pipe, sheng dou (笙斗, body), sheng guan (笙管, pipes), reed, and...
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    Qudi (曲笛), Bangdi (梆笛), and Xindi (新笛). It is a major Chinese musical instrument that is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, Chinese opera...
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  • Houguan may refer to: Guan (instrument), a Chinese double reed wind instrument Houguan, Hebei (侯贯), a town in Wei County, Xingtai, Hebei, China Houguan...
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    ruan (Chinese: 阮; pinyin: ruǎn) is a traditional Chinese plucked string instrument. It is a lute with a fretted neck, a circular body, and four strings....
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    Lai Kuan-lin (redirect from Lai Guan-lin)
    Lai Occupations Rapper singer actor Musical career Genres K-pop C-pop Instrument Vocals Years active 2017–present Labels Cube YMC Swing Hot Idol Formerly...
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    Guan ju (traditional Chinese: 關雎; simplified Chinese: 关雎; pinyin: Guān jū; Wade–Giles: Kuan1 chü1: "Guan guan cry the ospreys", often mistakenly written...
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    Guan did some teaching at the Yenching University, but had most of his meager income from selling paintings and repairing old musical instruments and...
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    Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety...
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    equivalent in China is the guan (also known as bili), and its counterpart in Japan is the hichiriki. Traditional Korean musical instruments 장, 사훈. "피리". Encyclopedia...
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    used to produce sound in various wind instruments. In contrast with a single reed instrument, where the instrument is played by channeling air against one...
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  • probably collectively called guan ("tube") in Chinese. Since the 1st millennium, guan has also referred to reed instruments. According to pictographs from...
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    Badaguan (redirect from Ba Da Guan)
    china-tour.cn/Qingdao/Ba-Da-Guan.htm>. https://web.archive.org/web/20120521195905/http://www.funtouristattractions.com/a/ba-da-guan-scenic-area-qingdao-china/76...
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  • Globe". Legacy.com. 2012-06-19. Retrieved 2012-06-30. Huang, Chenn-Jung; Guan, Chih-Tai; Chuang, Yi-Ta. "Enhanced Generic Key-Address Mapping Sort Algorithm"...
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    Bianqing (redirect from Qing (instrument))
    tiger shaped stone bianqing unearthed from the Yin tomb in the village of Wu Guan in Anyang, Henan Province, is made of marble and has a history of more than...
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  • Village New York United States firefighter, engine 54 FDNY Yan Zhu "Cindy" Guan 25 WTC Brooklyn New York United States tax auditor NYSDTF Geoffrey E. Guja...
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    Jade Kwan (redirect from Guan Xinyan)
    Simplified Chinese 关心妍 Musical career Origin Hong Kong Genres Cantopop Instrument(s) Vocals, Piano, Guitar, Saxophone Labels Stars Shine International (2010–present)...
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    sit beneath it and compose poetry, play musical instruments ,or enjoy wine in its shade. Nearly every Guan-Gong Temple has a horse–god temple associated...
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    Lee Kuan Yew (redirect from Lee Guan Yew)
    Council election in December approached, a Hokkien-speaking candidate, Ong Eng Guan, became the PAP's new face to the Chinese electorate. The 32-seat city council's...
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    Concerts Avec plusieurs instruments, meaning "Six Concertos for several instruments". Some of the pieces feature several solo instruments in combination. They...
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    length the instrument produces a nasal tone similar to the western oboe. A variation on the ancient ‘bili’ of the Tang and Song dynasties, the Guan often accompanies...
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