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  2. Ling Lun - Wikipedia

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    In Chinese mythology, Ling Lun is said to have created bamboo flutes which made the sounds of many birds, including the mythical phoenix. "In this way, Ling Lun invented the five notes of the ancient Chinese five-tone scale (gong, shang, jiao, zhi, and yu, which is equivalent to 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 in numbered musical notation or do, re, mi, sol, and la in western solfeggio) and the eight sounds ...

  3. List of programs broadcast by the History Channel - Wikipedia

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    American Eats: History on a Bun; The American Farm; The American Presidency with Bill Clinton; The American Soldier; America's 9/11 Flag: Rise from the Ashes; America's Book of Secrets [11] America's Greatest Prison Breaks; Ancient Discoveries; Ancient Empires; Ancient Impossible; Ancient Mysteries; Ancients Behaving Badly; Andrew Jackson ...

  4. Music of China - Wikipedia

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    The oldest extant written Chinese music is "Youlan" (幽蘭) or the Solitary Orchid, composed during the 6th or 7th century, but has also been attributed to Confucius. The first major well-documented flowering of Chinese music was for the qin during the Tang dynasty (618-907AD), though the qin is known to have been played since before the Han ...

  5. Chinese musicology - Wikipedia

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    We can divide the academic music research in China over this time into three stages: Chinese vision, global vision, and global vision under the Chinese vision. [ 7 ] A significant point in this period is the meeting "Forum of Young and middle-aged music Theorists" held in 1986, which was an excellent discussion of liberating the mind and ...

  6. The Rise of the Great Powers - Wikipedia

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    The Rise of the Great Powers is a 12-part Chinese documentary television series produced by CCTV.It was first broadcast on CCTV-2 from 13 to 24 November 2006. [1] It discusses the rise of nine great powers: Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Russia (Soviet Union), and the United States.

  7. Bianqing - Wikipedia

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    It can rotate the palace and play a variety of music. The bianqing has always played an important role in traditional Chinese music. In ancient times, it was used for large ceremonies and sacrifices. In modern times, it appears more and more in the performance in people's vision. bianqing, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, Arizona.

  8. Most unexpected hobbies of US presidents - AOL

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    While many presidents count golf among their hobbies, Richard Nixon loved to bowl. He and his wife even had a one-lane bowling alley built in the White House's basement. George W. Bush has a ...

  9. Ritual and music system - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese ritual and music system (Chinese: 礼乐制度; pinyin: Lǐ yuè zhìdù) is a social system that originated in the Zhou dynasty to maintain the social order. [1] Together with the patriarchal system , it constituted the social system of the entire ancient China and had a great influence on the politics, culture, art and thought of ...