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Lesson 105 – Travelling 1

Cam:  Welcome to a brand new week on Chinese Studio.  Wo shi Cam.
YJ:  And wo shi Yajie.  Cam, we had a great time last week talking about traveling.
Cam: Yeah, I wish we could extend that topic into 2 weeks!
YJ: That’s exactly what I was thinking!. So this week we are going to talk about sightseeing.
Cam:  Sounds good!  Let’s check key words of the day.

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Chinese Culture: Traditional Chinese Musical (中国传统乐器)

In terms of material, there are  Ba Yin  (八音 bā yīn), that is, the eight categories of musical instrument in ancient orchestra, namely, metal, stone, string, bamboo, gourd, clay, leather and wood. In terms of playing skills, there are generally four kinds, percussion instruments (bells, drums, and gongs), wind instruments (flutes, Suona and Xiao), bowed string instruments (Banhu and Erhu) and plucked string instruments (Guzheng, Pipa and Sanxuan).

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