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Chinese Tea Ceremony Music

Ancient chinese melodies have the elegance of delicacy, purity and primitive simplicity. and was commonly played by chinese instruments such as Guqin, Guzheng, Xiao. Drinking tea and listening ancient chinese music bringing the harmony to your hearts and relaxing to your body. The following are some of the best-known ancient chinese melodies, each piece of the music has a story behind it, and thus forming a specific aesthetic and spiritual enjoyment.

"High mountains and Flowing water"
Legend goes to Spring and Autumn Period (BC 770-476)or the Warring States period(BC 475-221).

"Bo Ya was good at playing the qin. Zhong Ziqi was good at to listening to the qin. When Bo Ya's will was towards high mountains in his playing, Zhong Ziqi would say, 'How towering like Mount Tai!' When Bo Ya's will was towards flowing water in his playing, Zhong Ziqi would say, 'How vast are the rivers and oceans!' Whatever Bo Ya thought of Ziqi would never fail to understand. Bo Ya said, 'Amazing! Your heart and mines are the same!' When Ziqi died, Bo Ya broke the strings of his qin and vowed never to play the qin again. Thus, there was the melody of High Mountains Flowing Water."
 

"Wild Goose On The Peaceful Beach"
When the sky is dotted by a group of goose who is singing on and off, and about to land. The horizon is far away, and the sand in the desert is flat. The freely flying goose in the sky embodies the ambition and breadth of mind of the hermits.

"The Butterfly Lovers "
is a Chinese legend about the tragic romance between two lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, It is a beautiful, doleful, and moving love story, The legend is sometimes regarded as the Chinese equivalent to Romeo and Juliet

"Yu Qiao Wen da"
Dialogue between a fisherman and an woodman. The music describes the Q&A-style dialogue, in which a rising tone indicates a question, while a falling tone an anwser.