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Chinese Instrumental MusicGong-and-Drum MusicThe Art of the GuqinDizi and XiaoGuzhengPipaErhuSuona and Drum-and-Wind BandsChaozhou MusicJiangnan SizhuNanyinCantonese MusicModern Chinese OrchestraChinese Works for Western InstrumentsBone Flutes and Clay OcarinasShengguan EnsemblesRuan and SanxianShifan EnsemblesXiansuo String EnsemblesYangqinXi'an Wind and Percussion EnsembleInstrumental Traditions of China's Ethnic MinoritiesRegional OperasYue Opera (Shaoxing Opera)Chinese National Opera (Minzu Geju)Kunqu OperaPeking OperaCantonese OperaHuangmei OperaYu Opera (Henan Opera)Ping Opera (Pingju)Qinqiang OperaSichuan OperaHan OperaXiang OperaLiyuan OperaPuxian OperaTibetan OperaGan OperaTeochew Opera (Chaozhou Opera)Jin Opera (Shanxi Opera)Gezai Opera (Taiwanese Opera)Shanghai Opera (Huju)Lü Opera (Lüju)Yuan ZajuRitual and Puppet TheatreString MarionettesShadow Puppet TheatreMulian PlaysRod Puppet TheatreDixi Ground OperaNuo Ritual DramaGlove Puppet Theatre (Budaixi)Ritual Music and DanceMusic of Metal and Stone: Zhou Bells and ChimesCourt Ritual Music (Yayue)Confucian Temple MusicDaoist Ritual MusicBuddhist MusicRitual Music of Ethnic MinoritiesXuanjuan: Precious-Scroll RecitationDongjing Scripture MusicFolk Ritual and Funeral MusicSongs and Folk TunesSongs of the Shijing and ChuWork Chants (Haozi)Yuefu SongsTang–Song Sung LyricsMountain Songs (Shan'ge)Songs of Tibet and the Northwest PeoplesSongs of the Southern PeoplesQin Songs and ChantingMongolian and Northern Peoples' SongsDitties and Popular Tunes (Xiaodiao)Hua'erGrand Song of the DongChinese Art SongChinese DanceNuo Masked DanceHan–Wei Music and DanceDragon DanceDances of the Southern PeoplesLion DanceTang Court Music and DanceTibetan DanceMongolian and Northern Peoples' DanceDrum and Percussion DanceDai Peacock DanceDances of Xinjiang's PeoplesYanggeHuagudeng and Lantern Song-DanceFarmers' Dance of the Korean Ethnic GroupChinese Classical DanceChinese Dance DramaVariety TheaterYuan ZajuQuyi Storytelling and Ballad ArtsDaoqing and Yugu Fish-Drum BalladsPingshu and Pinghua StorytellingDrum-Ballad Storytelling (Gushu)Suzhou PingtanShidiao and Xiaoqu (Ditty Songs)Cantonese Yuequ and NaamyamQinshu (Dulcimer Ballads)ErrenzhuanDanxian and Paiziqu (Linked-Tune Ballads)Kuaishu and Kuaiban (Clapper Recitation)Xiangsheng (Crosstalk)Jingyun Dagu (Beijing Drum Ballad)
MUZI · STAGE · Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
Butterflies at the Tomb
The recapitulation, matching the lovers' transformation into butterflies at the tomb
Mural guide
In a 1934 Shanghai practice room a young man in a dark long gown sits at an upright piano, hands mid-phrase. Through the tall open window, beyond the plane trees, a small figure rides a water buffalo across green paddies.