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Xi'an guyue

Xi'an guyue (), also Shaanxi guyue (), is the regional Chinese ritual music genre featuring a type of wind and percussion ensemble named for its place of origin, Xi'an, in Shaanxi Province. It is

Literature#

  • Yang Yinliu (ed.): Zhongguo yinyue cidian (Dictionary of Chinese Music). Beijing 1984.
  • Cheng Yu: Xi’an Guyue - Xi’an Old Music in New China. “Living fossil” or “flowing river” (Dissertation) Department of Music. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2005.

See also#

  • Guyue Bridge
  • Guyue
Genre family
Chinese traditional music