Last week, we heard the music of an ancient Chinese instrument -- the Xiao, or vertical flute, and today, we'll be hearing another ancient Chinese wind instrument, the Xun, a pear-shaped clay pipe ...

Traditionally, Nanyin is performed by five people. The singer stands in the middle of the other four, who play dongxiao (a vertical flute), nanpa (a bent-necked pipa), erxian (a two-stringed ...

Instruments used by the women include the erhu (Chinese fiddle,) pipa (pear-shaped lute,) guzheng (zither,) yangqin (hammered dulcimer,) dizi (transverse flute) and xiao (vertical flute.) ...