{"id":8903,"date":"2019-11-13T16:22:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T16:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-reading\/gentlest-instrumentkonghou-zhong-guo-le-qi-kong-hou\/"},"modified":"2019-11-13T16:22:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T16:22:42","slug":"gentlest-instrumentkonghou-zhong-guo-le-qi-kong-hou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/gentlest-instrumentkonghou-zhong-guo-le-qi-kong-hou\/","title":{"rendered":"Gentlest Instrument\u2014\u2014Konghou \u4e2d\u56fd\u4e50\u5668\u7b9c\u7bcc"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>&nbsp;Konghou, also called Kanhou, is an ancient plucked stringed instrument in China. There are mainly three kinds of Konghou: one is played lying flat, one is played upright and another one is the phoenix-headed Konghou.<\/p>\n<p>  As early as the Spring and Autumn (770-476BC) and Warring States (475-221BC) period, there appeared the rudiment ofKo<em><\/em>nghouplayed lying flat in the Chu Kingdom in southern China.<\/p>\n<p>  Ko<em><\/em>nghouwas originally used in court music\u3001and was used in Qingshangyue (a music genre) in the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD). It was used inYanyue(music played in court banquets) in the Sui Dynasty (581-618), and gradually prevailed among the ordinary people and in places inhabited by ethnic minorities.<\/p>\n<p>  Ko<em><\/em>nghouplayed upright appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) and got popular in the Sui (581-618) and Tang (618-907) dynasties. It was generally played in rites and ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>  The phoenix-headedKo<em><\/em>nghouwas introduced from India to the Central Plains of China in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420), and was pre<em><\/em>valent in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.<\/p>\n<p>  Konghou, with its sweet tamber and wide diapason, can be used to play not o<em><\/em>nly cantus but also chord and has many advantages in both solo and tutti performances. It was an indispensable instrument in China&#8217;s ancient royal courts. From basso-relievo in the Yungang Grottoes of Datong and Dunhuang murals we can see persons playingKouhou. This shows thatKouhouplaying was very popular in China a long time ago.<\/p>\n<p>  KEY WORDS\uff1a<\/p>\n<p>  \u5367\u7b9c\u7bccw&ograve; k\u014dng h&oacute;u :played lying flat<br \/>  \u7ad6\u7b9c\u7bccsh&ugrave; k\u014dng h&oacute;u&nbsp; :played upright<br \/>  \u51e4\u9996\u7b9c\u7bcc f&egrave;ng sh\u01d2u k\u014dng h&oacute;u :phoenix-headed Konghou<br \/>  \u695a\u56fdch\u01d4 gu&oacute; :Chu Kingdom<br \/>  \u96c5\u4e50y\u01ce l&egrave; \uff1acourt music<br type=\"_moz\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-2697499350\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Konghou, also called Kanhou, is an ancient plucked stringed instrument in China. There are mainly three kinds of Konghou: one<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-reading"],"views":181,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}