The music of China consists of many distinct traditions, often specifically originating with one of the country's various ethnic groups. It is produced within the country, involving people of Chinese
Lively musicians playing a bamboo flute and a plucked instrument, Chinese ceramic statues displayed at the Shanghai Museum, dating to the Eastern Han period (25–220 AD)
A 9,000 year-old bone flute from Henan
Ensemble of musicians, some playing the Guzheng and others play the Sheng, 2nd century BCE, Mawangdui tomb.
A set of bronze bells called bianzhong c. 5th century B.C. from Hubei
The erhu is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, that is sometimes known in the Western world as the Chinese violin or a Chinese two-stringed fiddle. It i
Picture showing qianjin, a loop of string that acts as a nut
Blind Chinese street musician, Beijing, 1930