What are the ten most famous Chinese tunes, and what style of tunes are they, and are they mainly played on such instruments?

Top Ten Classical Chinese Famous Songs

"High Mountains and Flowing Water", "Night of the Spring River and Moonlight", "Three Symbols of Plum Blossom", "Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia", "Ambush on Ten Sides", "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace", "Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia". ", "Ambush on Ten Sides", "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace", "Guangling San", "White Snow in Yangchun ", "The Fisherman and the Woodcutter", and "Flat Sand and Falling Geese".

High Mountains and Flowing Water

Legend has it that the pre-Qin qin master Bo Ya once played the qin in the deserted mountains, and the woodcutter Zhong Ziqi was able to comprehend that it was depicting the "lofty ambition in the high mountains" and the "oceanic ambition in the flowing water". Bo Ya was shocked and said, "Good, Zi Zhi's heart is the same as mine." After the death of Ziqi, Bo Ya lost his soulmate, broke his qin and never played it, hence the song of "High Mountains and Flowing Water".

Moonlit Night on the Spring River

Originally titled "Sunset Xiao Drums," it has a far-reaching meaning and a long musical sound. It was later renamed after the famous Tang poem "Spring River and Moonlit Night". The Sunset Pipa Drums is a famous traditional pipa piece, which has long been in circulation in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Plum Blossom Three Favors

Plum Blossom Three Favors is a Guqin piece adapted from a flute piece, in which the overtones are repeated three times on different emblems, so it is called "Three Favors", and the whole piece expresses the whiteness of the plum blossom, and its noble character of being proud of the snow and the frost. According to legend, Huan Yi of the Jin Dynasty wrote the flute "Three Melodies of Plum Blossoms", which was later transferred to the zither. The music celebrates the tenacity of the plum blossom in defying the frost and fighting against the snow, and praises people with noble sentiments. It depicts the final battle of the Chu-Han War in 202 B.C. . Xiang Yu cut his own throat in Wujiang River and Liu Bang won the victory.

The Autumn Moon of the Han Palace

The Autumn Moon of the Han Palace was originally a pipa song of the Chongming School, and now there are many kinds of scores in circulation, which have evolved from the score of one instrument into different scores, and have been recreated using their own artistic means to shape different musical images, which is a common case of folk instrumental music in circulation. The "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace" has been passed down in the form of Erhu, Pipa, Guzheng, and Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo, etc. It mainly expresses the grief of an ancient palace maid. It mainly expresses the ancient palace maiden's sorrowful and sad mood and an inexorable, lonesome and cold life mood.

Yangchunbaixue

Yangchunbaixue is a pipa suite composed of several variations of the folk instrumental music instrument Eight Panels (or Six Panels). It is said to have been composed by Shi Kuang of the State of Jin or Liu Juanzi of the State of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period. Yangchun" takes the meaning of "everything knows spring" and "wind", while "Baixue" takes the meaning of security and cleanliness, and "snow and bamboo".

Fisherman and Woodcutter

Fisherman and Woodcutter

Fisherman and Woodcutter

The "Fisherman and Woodcutter" is a famous piece of music that has been passed down for hundreds of years, which reads: "The rise and fall of the past and the present is as if the palm of my hand, while the green mountains and the green waters are unharmed. The gains and losses of a thousand years of right and wrong, all the fishermen and woodcutters a word only". This piece reflects the yearning of a recluse for the life of a fisherman and a woodcutter, hoping to get rid of the constraints of the mundane world. The music is vivid and precise.

Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia

"Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia" was originally a zither song, which is rumored to have been composed by Cai Wen Ji. It is a vocal suite of 18 songs sung by zither, which expresses Wen Ji's homesickness, the misery of ionization, and her resentment. It is now the most widely circulated zither song.

Guangling Scatter

Guangling Scatter is an ancient zither piece, also known as Guangling Stop. According to the "Strategies of the Warring States" and the "Records of the Grand Historian", the Korean minister Yan Zhongzi had a long-standing enmity with the chancellor, Man Lei, and Nie Zheng was friendly with Yan Zhongzi, so he assassinated the prime minister of the Republic of Korea for the sake of Yan Zhongzi, which embodied the sentiment that "a scholar dies for a friend". This is a common view, and the title of this piece in the "Secret Record of Magic" is derived from this story.

According to the record of "Zither Exercises", Nie Zheng was a native of Korea during the Warring States period, whose father was killed by the King of Han because he had violated the deadline for the casting of his sword. Nie Zheng's assassination attempt to avenge his father's death was unsuccessful, but he knew that the king of Han was fond of music, so he disfigured his face and went into the mountains to learn the art of zither for more than 10 years. When he returned to Han, no one recognized him. So, when he found a chance to enter the palace to play the zither for the king of Han, he drew a dagger from the belly of the zither and stabbed the king of Han to death, and of course, he himself died a martyr's death.

Fallen Geese in Pingsha

Fallen Geese in Pingsha is a Guqin piece with a melodious and fluent tune, which describes the scene of geese circling in the sky and looking forward to the landing of the geese through their singing.

The Ten Greatest Swords of Ancient China

First, the Sword of the Sacred Way, the Golden Sword of Xuan Yuan Xia Yu Sword

Second, the Sword of the Benevolent Way, the Black Sword of Zhan Lu

Third, the Sword of the Imperial Way, the Bronze Sword of Chixiao

Fourth, the Sword of the Way of Might, the Soft Sword of Tai'a

Fifth, the Sword of Honesty and High Integrity, the White Sword of the Seven Stars of the Dragon's Abyss

The Seventh\ Sixth, the sword of love, the silver sword of Ganjun/Moxie/the purple sword

Eighth, the sword of valor, the black sword of fish guts

Ninth, the sword of honor, the white sword of Pure Hook

Tenth, the sword of refinement and elegance, the sword of the invisible sword of the Cheng Ying