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Yangguan San Die (Adios at Yangguan)

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Dance on Trays and Drums

Dance on Trays and Drums
Also known as Tray Dance or Seven-Tray Dance, Dance on Trays and Drums takes on various forms and...

The Duke of Qin Breaks the Battle Array

The Duke of Qin Breaks the Battle Array
Otherwise known as Seven-Merit Dance, The Duke of Qin Breaks the Battle Array, a famous court...

Sword Dance

Sword Dance
Otherwise known as sword tool dance, sword dance is a Han people's folk dance popular in the Han...

Yangguan San Die (Adios at Yangguan) is a piece of music played with Guqin according to a poem written by Wang Wei, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907).

Wang Wei wrote the poem when he saw off a friend to serve in army at Weicheng, a small town in Yangguan neighboring the border.

The poem goes like this: "In the central town Weicheng, it rains lightly in the morning. All the houses and willows look fresh after the rain. I suggest you have another cup of wine, as soon as you go out of the Yangguan Pass, there are no friends."

Instrument players made it a see-off song based on the poem. Even today, some people usually sing this song when they see off friends.

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