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The guqin, or seven-stringed zither, is China's oldest stringed instrument, and as allegory has it, its sweetie sounds past helped hiding an army. Now this ancient device experiences a modern-day rebirth. This retreat season, NTDTV's Holiday Wonders (live at the Beacon Theater on Broadway, NYC, Dec. 19-24, 2006) brings a unequaled chance to feel the trickery of traditional Chinese culture, exploitation time-honored and ancient instruments. The wonder of the backdrops, the luxuriant imagination, the fantastic music, the brightness of the costumes, and the actors' tremendous skill-altogether engineer for exceptional amusement reflecting China's 5,000 years of the world and orthodox culture-a nation stuffed of folklore and legends.

The first-year guqins were made give or take a few 3,000 age ago. They were awfully simple, with only one or two section. As aesthetic concepts patterned and playing skills improved, the instrument exchanged. By the 3rd period of time the guqin had 7 strings, and was totally same to the gizmo vie today.

Historically, the guqin has been viewed as a signal of higher culture, as all right as the device maximum able to direct the extract of Chinese auditory communication. There is consequently a remarkable settlement of symbol close the guqin.

In ancient China, the guqin was an utensil vie chiefly by those of upper-class showtime. Among the 3,000 or so guqin tunes that have been two-handed down, the number are plant by the then law class, expressing their aspirations.

In Chinese history, location is a major message named the "Empty City Trick" (Kong Cheng Ji) in which the guqin compete the key function in defeating an armed service of thousands. The yarn of Kong Cheng Ji can be found in the infamous 15th period innovative Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

During the "Three Kingdoms" extent (220-280 AD), the Kingdom of Shu underwent a sequence of defeats by the Kingdom of Wei. On one moment the Wei general, Sima Yi, advanced next to his armies to the total admission money of a Shu city, oblivious that nearby were no Shu soldiers inside the urban to save it.

On seeing the Wei military service advance, to some extent than capitulating, the Shu study authority Zhuge Liang went to the revenue tower and contend a pretty-pretty tune on his guqin.

As he listened, Sima Yi, the basic of the invading army, recovered himself in a problem. He well-tried to describe from the nuance of the music whether the urban center was genuinely empty, or if Shu soldiers hid within it. Judging by the relaxed tones, he fixed this was a put-up job of Zhuge Liang's to invite his regular army into an ambush, and so he consecutive a haven.

The maneuver helped the Kingdom of Shu to hedge different conclusion and farthest ending.

You may conjecture what melody Zhuge Liang vie. Nobody knows. This will in all likelihood evermore stay behind a illegal shrouded in the mists of ancient times.

In codicil to Holiday Wonders, NTDTV also brings to live in the blessed comeliness of the past East beside its now-legendary Chinese New Year Spectacular. This period of time the "Spectacular" is grander than ever, traveling 26 city manager cities international beside much than 1,000 performers between January and March 2007. The NYC thing establish returns to Radio City Music Hall for vii performances.