Monday, June 08, 2009

Vietnam's Nha Nhac Cung Dinh Hue

I know I'm supposed to be writing on the myths and facts of Chinese opera shows, but before I do that, I thought I'd like to showcase this first: Nha Nhac Cung Dinh Hue musical genre from Vietnam. Despite such a long name, it simply meant "The Classical Court Music of Vietnam".
















This form of court music was played in the Vietnamese court at Hue since the 13th century, and is heavily influenced by the court music of the Chinese Ming dynasty. What surprised me is that the Pipa they played is held diagonally (like in Nanyin) instead of the conventional vertical way, and they even have this instrument which resembled the "Si Kuai" of Nanyin and Yilan Gezi opera.

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