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  2. 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 ...

  3. Xiangqi - Wikipedia

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    Xiangqi (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː ŋ tʃ i /; Chinese: 象棋; pinyin: xiàngqí), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China.

  4. Timeline of Chinese music - Wikipedia

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    The Great Music Bureau (大樂署) responsible for yayue and yanyue (燕樂, entertainment music and dance for banquet) The Royal Academy founded by Emperor Gaozu "Pear Garden", an acting and music academy founded by Emperor Xuanzong. The Drum and Pipes Bureau (鼓吹署) responsible for ceremonial music.

  5. Six Arts - Wikipedia

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    It evidently overlaps with the Six Arts, since the qin epitomized music, chess (Go, a board-game known by its Japanese name) related to military strategy, while calligraphy dealt with the aesthetics of writing and character cultivation (the rites). [citation needed]

  6. Liu Wenzhe - Wikipedia

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    He also made four appearances in total at the Men's Asian Team Chess Championship (1979–1981, 1991–1993) with an overall record of 17 games played (+10, =4, -3). In 1986 he was appointed to the post of Chief Trainer of the Chinese Institute of Chess and head coach of the Chinese national chess team. He was succeeded by Ye Jiangchuan in 2000.

  7. Chinese musicology - Wikipedia

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    In the early 20th century, Chinese and Western music cultures slowly merged, driven by the external forces of art, to create a new style of Chinese music that was based on both cultures. Then, it was not until March 2, 1930, when the " League of Left-Wing Writers " was founded and its corresponding music criticism and music social activities ...

  8. The fascinating history of chess, from attempts to ban the ...

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    The queen piece didn't emerge until the 15th century, and some Catholic church leaders once tried to ban the game.

  9. Chinese traditional music - Wikipedia

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    Chinese traditional music includes various music genres which have been inherited for generations in China. [1] Specifically, this term refers to the music genres originated in or before Qing dynasty. [2] According to the appearance, the genres can be classified into instrumental ensemble, instrumental solo, theatre, shuochang, dance music and ...