China's top ten classical music

1. High Mountains and Flowing Water

"High Mountains and Flowing Water" is a metaphor for a close friend or soulmate, as well as for the high quality of a piece of music. There are two kinds of music: zither music and zheng music, both of which have the same name and different styles.

2, Guangling San

Also known as the Guangling stop, is a Han Chinese guqin song, belongs to the ancient large zither song, it first appeared in the Han Dynasty. The melody of Guangling-San is impassioned and generous, and it is the only surviving Han guqin piece with the atmosphere of killing and fighting, directly expressing the spirit of struggle of the oppressed against the tyrant, with high ideology and artistry.

3. Pingsha Falling Geese

Also known as Geese Falling on Pingsha or Pingsha, it is a famous piece of Chinese guqin music, with a variety of genres of music, whose intention is to borrow the faraway aspirations of geese and to write about the heart of the escaped scholar. Although Pingsha Falling Geese appeared later, it is one of the most widely circulated works in the past three hundred years, and there are nearly one hundred kinds of zither sheet music published in this piece. The reason for its wide circulation is that, in addition to its smooth and melodious tune, it is also due to its novel and chic method of expression, which is easily understood by the listener.

4. Plum Blossom Sanlang

Also known as Plum Blossom Citation, Plum Blossom Song, and Jade Concubine Citation, this piece is said to have been originally a flute piece composed by Huan Yi in the Jin Dynasty, but was later adapted for the guqin. Through the characteristics of plum blossoms, such as their whiteness and fragrance, and their resistance to cold, the piece expresses one's feelings and praises people with noble morals.

5. Ambush on Ten Sides

Widely circulated, it is one of the traditional pipa pieces and also one of the ten most ancient Chinese pieces. The music is intense and shocking, clearly showing the horn of Liu Bang's victory at that time, as well as the scene of Xiang Yu's desperation when he was surrounded by the army.

6. Moonlit Night on the Spring River

Its melody, which is rich in the characteristics of Jiangnan silk and bamboo music, is graceful; the rhythm is smooth and varied, and it has a very oriental poetic flavor. The Night of Spring Flowers and Moonlight has been loved by the masses, and has been adapted for solo and ensemble playing of various Chinese and Western instruments, and also used in dramas with its lyrics, making it the most widely known traditional Chinese music.

7, fishermen and woodcutters

Guqin music, the sheet music was first seen in the "apricot Zhuang Taiyin Renewal Spectrum", this song reflects a kind of hermit to the fishermen and woodcutters life yearning, hoping to get rid of the dust of the mortal world of restraints. The music expresses the disdain for those who pursue fame and fortune through the enjoyment of the fishermen and woodcutters in the green mountains and waters. The melody is elegant and elegant, showing the relaxed and carefree demeanor of the fisherman and woodcutter.

8. Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia

This is a famous Chinese guqin song, which is rumored to be composed by Cai Wenji, one of the ten famous songs in ancient China. Eighteen Beats of Barbarian Pipe" is an ancient musical instrument song, a chapter for a beat, **** eighteen chapters, so it has this name, reflecting the theme of "Wen Ji returned to Han".

9, the Han Palace Autumn Moon

Chinese famous song, originally Chongming school pipa song. It is now circulated in the form of Erhu, Pipa, Zheng and Jiangnan Silk Bamboo. The song is designed to arouse people's sympathy for the unfortunate sufferings of the oppressed courtesans, and has a deep artistic influence. According to some articles, the song meticulously portrays the palace maiden facing the bright moon on an autumn night, with infinite inner melancholy, revealing a strong desire for love.

10, Yangchun Baixue

Another name is Yangchun Guqu, a masterpiece of pipa. It is said to have been composed by Shi Kuang of Jin or Liu Juanzi of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period. The extant lute score of Yangchun and Baixue are two instrumental pieces.