Guqin by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Figure 2.
11th century painting of a guqin recital
. Source.
Figure 3.
Stringless guqin fan painting by Feng Chaoran (1943)
Stolen traight from www.silkqin.com/10ideo.htm on silkqin.com:
Wind in the pines and a babbling brook are nature's melody. A qin was brought along, but there is no need to play it
The The Gateless Barrier vibe and Chinese naturalism is just awesome.
Four Beauties by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Figure 1.
A modern rendition of the four beauties
. Source. TODO we need a decent older one with CC BY-SA, and illustrating their attributes! Wikimedia failed me.
Dragon boat by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Things to do:
Video 1.
Dragon Boat Festival race day in Hong Kong by South China Morning Post (2018)
Source.
Chinese book by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Chinese traditional painting by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Some free online collections:
  • Smithsonian collection at a search for Paintings before 1800. Drill down further by "topic" e.g. "Mountains" or "scholar"
** 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:
Yi people by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Zongzi by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Eaten during Dragon Boat Festival, but can be bought year round.
Buy frozen. Pick the ones with meat and eggs!!! Boil.
Cost about 4 dollars for 2.
You can't eat them every day because too heavy, but they are so amazingly tasty!!!
Guzheng by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Xie Shichen by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Eight Chinese Cuisines by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
This classification is too restrictive, and too South-centered. But if is worth knowing.
China Record Corporation by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
The most important publisher, AKA "CRC Jianian". TODO meaning of Jianian?
Chinese government owned unfortunately.
Their website takes forever to load: www.china-crc.com.cn/, and features mostly Communist shit, and I can't find the decent traditional music listed there.
Bird-and-flower painting by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Figure 1.
Early Autumn by Qian Xuan (13th century)
Source.
Chinese traditional painting shape by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Ravi Shankar by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Zakir Hussain (musician) by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Alla Rakha by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Video 1.
Tabla Solo in Jhaptal by Alla Rakha, featuring Ravi Shankar (2003)
Source.
Ten ancient famous songs of China by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
This is a good place to start your journey, though it misses a lot, and some songs are not as memorable as others, there is huge variability in that list.
Video 1.
The Ten Most Famous Melodies in Ancient China
. Source. A single video with a collage of all ten songs.
Hanging scroll by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created

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