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Puppetry
String Marionettes
Shadow Puppet Theatre
Mulian Plays
Rod Puppet Theatre
Dixi Ground Opera
Glove Puppet Theatre (Budaixi)
Nuo Ritual Drama
Rituals
Bell and Chime Music
Court Ritual Music (Yayue)
Confucian Temple Music
Buddhist Music
Daoist Ritual Music
Dongjing Scripture Music
Xuanjuan: Precious-Scroll Recitation
Ritual Music of Ethnic Minorities
Folk Ritual and Funeral Music
Songs
Sung Shijing and Chu Verse
Work Chants (Haozi)
Yuefu Songs
Mountain Songs (Shan'ge)
Songs of Tibet and the Northwest Peoples
Tang–Song Sung Lyrics
Grand Song of the Dong
Qin Songs and Chanting
Songs of the Southern Peoples
Mongolian and Northern Peoples' Songs
Ditties and Popular Tunes (Xiaodiao)
Hua'er
Chinese Art Song
Dance
Han–Wei Music and Dance
Dragon Dance
Dances of the Southern Peoples
Nuo Masked Dance
Lion Dance
Tang Court Music and Dance
Dai Peacock Dance
Drum and Percussion Dance
Huagudeng and Lantern Song-Dance
Dances of Xinjiang's Peoples
Mongolian and Northern Peoples' Dance
Tibetan Dance
Yangge
Farmers' Dance of the Korean Ethnic Group
Classical Dance
Chinese Dance Drama
Music
Xun and Ancient Flutes
Gong-and-Drum Music
The Art of the Guqin
Shengguan Ensembles
Dizi and Xiao
Guzheng
Pipa
Ruan and Sanxian
Erhu
Suona and Drum-and-Wind Bands
Xi'an Wind and Percussion Ensemble
Jiangnan Sizhu
Nanyin
Xiansuo String Ensembles
Chaozhou Music
Shifan Ensembles
Yangqin
Cantonese Music
Instrumental Music of Ethnic Peoples
Modern Chinese Orchestra
Chinese Works for Western Instruments
Theatre
Yuan Zaju
Storytelling
Daoqing and Yugu Fish-Drum Ballads
Drum-Ballad Storytelling (Gushu)
Suzhou Pingtan
Pingshu and Pinghua Storytelling
Shidiao and Xiaoqu (Ditty Songs)
Cantonese Yuequ and Naamyam
Qinshu (Dulcimer Ballads)
Errenzhuan
Danxian and Paiziqu (Linked-Tune Ballads)
Kuaishu and Kuaiban (Clapper Recitation)
Xiangsheng (Crosstalk)
Jingyun Dagu (Beijing Drum Ballad)
Opera
Kunqu Opera
Peking Opera
Cantonese Opera
Yue Opera (Shaoxing Opera)
Huangmei Opera
Yu Opera (Henan Opera)
Ping Opera (Pingju)
Qinqiang Opera
Sichuan Opera
Han Opera
Xiang Opera
Liyuan Opera
Puxian Opera
Tibetan Opera
Gan Opera
Teochew Opera (Chaozhou Opera)
Jin Opera (Shanxi Opera)
Gezai Opera (Taiwanese Opera)
Shanghai Opera (Huju)
Lü Opera (Lüju)
National OperaStorytelling · ST10705
Ming–Qing popular songs and city ditties sung seated, short tunes full of feeling.
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In a sun-dappled teahouse with bamboo blinds, a woman in an embroidered Qing jacket sings, holding clappers and tapping a small drum on a bamboo stand. Musicians play moon lute and erhu while queued patrons sip tea on bamboo chairs.
Regional art songs sung to clappers and plucked strings, from Ming–Qing popular tunes
Embroidering a PurseIts earliest written lyrics are the twelve verses printed in the 1828 song collection Baixue Yiyinfolk singers of Qing popular dittiesSE10168
Visiting the Qingshui RiverA late-Qing Beijing song that tells a story of Landianchang in fifteen verses to the Wuxi Jing tuneBeijing folk singersSE10138
