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Ritual and Puppet TheatreString MarionettesShadow Puppet TheatreMulian PlaysRod Puppet TheatreDixi Ground OperaGlove Puppet Theatre (Budaixi)Nuo Ritual DramaRitual Music and DanceMusic of Metal and Stone: Zhou Bells and ChimesCourt Ritual Music (Yayue)Confucian Temple MusicBuddhist MusicDaoist Ritual MusicDongjing Scripture MusicXuanjuan: Precious-Scroll RecitationRitual Music of Ethnic MinoritiesFolk Ritual and Funeral MusicSongs and Folk TunesSongs of the Shijing and ChuWork Chants (Haozi)Yuefu SongsMountain Songs (Shan'ge)Songs of Tibet and the Northwest PeoplesTang–Song Sung LyricsGrand Song of the DongQin Songs and ChantingSongs of the Southern PeoplesMongolian and Northern Peoples' SongsDitties and Popular Tunes (Xiaodiao)Hua'erChinese Art SongChinese DanceHan–Wei Music and DanceDragon DanceDances of the Southern PeoplesNuo Masked DanceLion DanceTang Court Music and DanceDai Peacock DanceDrum and Percussion DanceHuagudeng and Lantern Song-DanceDances of Xinjiang's PeoplesMongolian and Northern Peoples' DanceTibetan DanceYanggeFarmers' Dance of the Korean Ethnic GroupChinese Classical DanceChinese Dance DramaChinese Instrumental MusicBone Flutes and Clay OcarinasGong-and-Drum MusicThe Art of the GuqinShengguan EnsemblesDizi and XiaoGuzhengPipaRuan and SanxianErhuSuona and Drum-and-Wind BandsXi'an Wind and Percussion EnsembleJiangnan SizhuNanyinXiansuo String EnsemblesChaozhou MusicShifan EnsemblesYangqinCantonese MusicInstrumental Traditions of China's Ethnic MinoritiesModern Chinese OrchestraChinese Works for Western InstrumentsVariety TheaterYuan ZajuQuyi Storytelling and Ballad ArtsDaoqing and Yugu Fish-Drum BalladsDrum-Ballad Storytelling (Gushu)Suzhou PingtanPingshu and Pinghua StorytellingShidiao 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)Regional OperasKunqu OperaPeking OperaCantonese OperaYue Opera (Shaoxing Opera)Huangmei 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)Chinese National Opera (Minzu Geju)
Rainbow Skirt and Feathered Garment Dance · SR100031
Sanxu (Free Prelude)
The free-rhythm instrumental opening, played without song or dance
Mural guide
On a spring palace terrace beside a lake, dancers with long colored ribbons whirl before a hall where musicians play stringed instruments. Willows and blossoming trees surround them, with misty green mountains in the distance.