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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.
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]
The temple was opened in 1995. it is one of the largest Taoist buildings in Japan. Seitenkyū is open to the public for tours and worship, and most of the visitors are Japanese tourists. The vast grounds of about 26,000 square meters are used for various local events, such as tai chi competitions.
New USA menu items from Japan (Courtesy 7-Eleven) 7-Eleven began its story in 1927 by selling ice (really) in America before expanding its range of items to snacks, Big Gulps and Slurpees over the ...
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 ...
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The ge is a traditional Chinese unit of volume equal to 10 shao or 1 ⁄ 10 sheng.Its exact value has varied over time with the size of the sheng.. In 1915, the Beiyang Government set the ge as equivalent to 103.54688 milliliters (3.501 U.S. fl oz). [1]
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