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Chinese sheng (L) & Japanese shō (R) Standard chords (aitake) of the shō The shō (笙) is a Japanese free reed musical instrument descended from the Chinese sheng, [1] of the Tang dynasty era, which was introduced to Japan during the Nara period (AD 710 to 794), although the shō tends to be smaller in size than its contemporary sheng relatives.
One sheng equals 10 ge or 1/10 dou, though its specific capacity has varied by times and regions. Nowadays, 1 sheng is 1 liter in China, [2] [3] 1.8039 liters in Japan [4] and 1.8 liters in Korea. [5] Sheng is a traditional measure for cereal grains. Now, like "liter", sheng is more often used to measure liquid or gas. [6] [7]
A shōjō standing on a giant sake cup, and using a long-handled sake ladle to pole through a sea of water or sake; detail from a whimsical Edo-period painting.. A shōjō (猩 々 or 猩猩) is the Japanese reading of Chinese xing-xing (猩猩) or its older form sheng sheng (狌狌, translated as "live-lively"), which is a mythical primate, though it has been tentatively identified with an ...
The sheng (Chinese: 笙) is a Chinese mouth-blown polyphonic free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes.. It is one of the oldest Chinese instruments, with images depicting its kind dating back to 1100 BCE, [1] and there are original instruments from the Han dynasty that are preserved in museums today. [1]
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Sheng with 17 pipes; height is 55 cm (22 inches) Various free reed instruments appear to have been invented since antiquity. The most likely precursor to free reed aerophones is the Jew's harp, [2] an instrument known to many cultures throughout the world, and by many names (e.g., k'uang in ancient China). [3]
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