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Ambush from ten sides performed by Jiaju Shen (2017)

Source.

Video 2.

Ambush from ten sides performed live by Liu Dehai

. Source. The sound quality is not great, but you do get to see the master. TODO location and date.

White snow in sunny spring by

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God this song.

Lit. "sunny spring white snow".

Baidu Baike: baike.baidu.com/item/阳春白雪/84775

White snow in sunny spring performed by Liu Dehai

. Source. From the 1996 album: "A Collection of Chinese Music Masterpieces: Pipa": www.amazon.com/Collection-Chinese-Music-Masterpieces-Pipa/dp/B000QZYN8E TODO recording date.

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White snow in sunny spring performed by Wu Man in 2020 at The Kennedy Center

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Dance of the Yi People by

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Composed by Wang Huiran in 1960.

The Yi people are one of the 55 Chinese ethnic minorities officially recognized by the Chinese government.

Dance of the Yi People performed by Liu Dehai

. Source. From the album Chinese Plucked Instruments: Vol. 2 - Fishermen’s Song At South Sea: www.amazon.co.uk/Chinese-Plucked-Instruments-Fishermens-South/dp/B001HUECZQ (2004)

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Dance of the Yi People performed by Wu Man (2021)

Source. Presented by the Aga Khan Music Program.

Dragon boat (pipa piece) by

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This piece is a reference to Dragon boats from the Dragon Boat Festival.

The explosive moments presumably represent the intense rowing action of a dragon boat race competition.

TODO date composed.

Dragon boat performed by Yuanchun Yu (2021)

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Liu Dehai by

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Figure 1.
Liu Dehai peforming at the Musée Guimet in 2010
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Wu Man by

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A Chinese Ghost Story by

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OK, the Good film tag might imply that you are a Sinophile.

The adaptation is very loose.

Figure 1.
Poster of A Chinese Ghost Story
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Painted Skin (1992 film) by

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Outstanding scenery/filming locations and clothing! What are those places! Wikipedia says it was shot party in Shanxi.

Good music.

Appears to have widely modified the story unfortunately however.

They really love their pyrotechnics!

The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal (Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio story) by

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A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix by

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A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix with suona solo performed by Li Guangcai

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A Chinese Ghost Story sutra by

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Appears to be a small section from the Diamond Sutra. TODO find or create a video of it, it is just too awesome.

Primate by

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Primate subclade by

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Simian by

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Simian subclade by

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Ape by

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Ape subclade by

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Australopithecine by

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Good cladogram: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Homo&oldid=1155900663#Phylogeny

This is the level at which human and all extinct siblings lie, with no other extant species, all others were killed or fucked to death: Section "Interbreeding between archaic and modern humans".

Human evolution by

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The key cladograms:

Hominoidea level for extant species separation
Australopithecine level for extinct species separation: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Homo&oldid=1155900663#Phylogeny

Early expansions of hominins out of Africa by

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