Museum strikes ancient notes with replicas
5 months, 1 week ago

Museum strikes ancient notes with replicas

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Besides music, dance performances are also featured in the shows, which are choreographed based on cultural relics and historical documents. Archaeological delights He vividly recalls when he went to Xinyang Museum along with other members of the orchestra to do research in 2017, there he saw a set of bianzhong that was unearthed in 1957 in Xinyang, Henan province. With a history dating back to the Spring and Autumn Period, the nine bells, with the smallest as tall as 13.9 cm and the largest as tall as 40.1 cm, still shine a golden color. Besides preserving ancient sounds, the orchestra also revives the costumes and there are traditional Chinese dances during performances — all based on research. Wang Jing, 35, who learned classical Chinese dance as a child, joined the orchestra in 2011 as a dancer and choreographer.

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