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What are the famous Chinese songs?

1. High Mountains and Flowing Water

Lore has it that the two guqin pieces "Narcissus Exercise" and "High Mountains and Flowing Water" were both accomplished by Boya at that time. From then on, his zither skills reached the state of perfection, but he was never able to find a soulmate. Later on, Yu Bo Ya went to the state of Jin to become a grandmaster. One day, he was ordered to go to Chu. Due to a strong wind, he had to stay at the mouth of the Hanyang River. When the wind calmed down, a mid-autumn moon strolled out from the floating clouds. Bo Ya stood on the bow of the boat, looking up at the moon, looking down at the river waves, the qin was so excited that he played the qin. At the end of the song, a woodcutter suddenly jumped out of the bushes, who marveled at Bo Ya's playing.

2, Guangling San

Han Wei period phase and one of the Chu tune group song. Jikang was killed for opposing Sima's dictatorship, and before his execution, he played this song with ease. The earliest surviving sheet music is found in the "miraculous secret score" and another said: the original is the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty popular in the Guangling area (i.e., today's Shouxian County, Anhui Province, the territory of the folk music. It was played by qin, zheng, sheng, zhu and other instruments, and the only surviving qin music is the earliest recorded in the Miraculous Mystery Score. There is no record of its content in the early days, and most zither players now interpret it according to the folk legend of Nie Zheng stabbing the king of Han (which is different from the official history).

3, Pingsha falling geese

Ming Dynasty, this song is called "falling geese Pingsha". It describes the scene of geese circling in the sky before landing. Also known as "geese falling flat sand" or "flat sand". The authors are Chen Zi'ang of the Tang Dynasty, Mao Minzhong of the Song Dynasty, and Zhu Quan of the Ming Dynasty. The score of this piece was first published in the late Ming Dynasty in the Ancient Tones (1634). Since its introduction, it has been loved by zither players, and has not only been widely circulated, but has also been processed and developed to form a variety of versions with different numbers of segments, strings, tunings, moods, and other characteristics, making it one of the zither tunes with the largest number of scores.

4, Plum Blossom Three Fiddles

The overtone tune in the song is repeated three times in different emblems, so it is called "Three Fiddles". According to legend, Huan Yi of the Jin Dynasty composed the flute "Three Lane of Plum Blossoms", which was transplanted to the zither by later generations. The music celebrates the tenacity of the plum blossom in defying the frost and fighting against the wind and snow, and praises people with noble sentiments.

5. Ambush on Ten Sides

One of the traditional Chinese pipa pieces. Ambush on Ten Sides" is a piece of music that depicts the duel between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu at Gaixia in 202 B.C. The piece is based on the theme of the Chu-Han conflict in China's history. The music mainly glorifies Liu Bang, the victor of Chu and Han, and tries its best to portray the mighty posture of the "victorious division", and the whole piece is magnificent, filled with the killing sound of iron and steel.