Songs · ST10301
Sung Shijing and Chu Verse
Sung settings of the Book of Songs and Chu verse, revived today from old scores and living traditions.
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Mural guide
On a wide green river, a phoenix-prowed boat under a tasselled canopy glides past reed banks. A richly robed man sits inside while a woman in green strikes a small rack of bronze bells, and a boatman at the stern sings as he poles.
Pre-Qin song: the Shijing as sung music and the songs of Chu, still heard in the Hejian singing of the Odes