B。那这一件旗袍的呢？
A。这一件旗袍太大了，可是颜色好。
B。找您五十一块四毛一。谢谢。
A。什么，什么？不过我不买了！
While thinking about what exactly I wanted to write about this semester for these class blogs, a song popped into my head that just so happened to have a Chinese string instrument. I knew it was Chinese in origin but I didn't know it's name or what it really looked like. I started doing some searching around Youtube and found that it was a 扬琴 (yangqin) or a Chinese hammered dulcimer. It is a string instrument with a nearly square soundboard that is played with two bamboo sticks. It first appeared in China during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and quickly became one of China's most popular artistic traditions. Some believe that it may have been introduced via the Silk Road or by the sea through the port of Guangzhou, but others think that the instrument was invented by the Chinese without foreign influence.
The yangqin has around 200 strings that are struck using bamboo sticks with rubber around the end. Because of its broad range of sound, it can be played as a solo part or as an accompaniment in an ensemble or with a singer in an opera. I've linked to some performances as well as an article that goes into the more technical aspects of the instruments. No doubt you'll recognize the sound from a movie. :)
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