Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 40

The main four instruments are undoubtedly:but there is also amazing content on others which must not be missed, including:

Infinite Wikipedia instrument list: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_musical_instruments

For some reason Chinese people (and their sphere of influence such as Japan) are obsessed by numbered lists, e.g. stuff like Four Beauties, Four Treasures of the Study and so on!

The concept does exist in the West (e.g. The Seven Wonders of the World), but clearly the Sinosphere is much more obsesse by it!

On Wikipedia we only find the term Scholar-official. But the idea of the ancient Chinese scholar is a bit wider as a concept, and even people who were not trying to be officials could thrive to follow certain aspects of the scholar way of life.

The best instrumental songs: Section "The best Chinese traditional instrumental music"

In the process of moving out of: cirosantilli.com/china-dictatorship/music

Bibliography:

Some free online collections:** collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=&fq=online_visual_material%3Atrue&fq=online_media_type%3A%22Images%22&fq=culture%3A%22Chinese%22&fq=object_type%3A%22Paintings%22&view=list&date.slider=300s%2C1800s

Unclear legality: