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| Keywords: Ancientchineseinstrumentalists.jpg An ancient Chinese dynastic engraving of an all-female ensemble of traditional instrumentalists The ten musicians are playing instruments as follows Top left probably a yaqin or yazheng bowed zither Top center 5-gong yunluo set of tuned gongs in a frame Top right sheng mouth organ Center left probably a sanxian Center second from left probably a guqin or guzheng Center second from right dizi transverse flute Center third from right probably a guan oboe or dongxiao vertical flute Center right paiban clapper made from several flat pieces of wood Bottom left konghou harp Bottom right probably a pian gu drum The image is reproduced in Yi Cunguo 易存国 Zhongguo Guqin Yishu 中国古琴艺 The Art of Chinese Guqin Beijing Renmin Yinyue Chubanshe 人民音乐出版社 2003 where it bears the caption 仕女演乐图 Drawing of women of the court performing music It was a taken from a Ming dynasty edition of Pipa Ji 琵琶記 The Story of the Lute Li Zhuowu Ping Ben Pipa Ji 卓吾評 琵琶記 Li Zhuowu Critizes Pipa Ji dated 1573 1619 PD-art Chinese Guqin Playing Technique Musicians from China Musical instruments of China Yazheng Yaqin Bowed box zithers Yunluo Sheng Sanxian Guzheng Dizi Guan Dongxiao Paiban Konghou Pian gu Musicians in art Women of China in art Artworks missing infobox template | ||||
