The konghou (Chinese: 箜篌; pinyin: kōnghóu) is a Chinese plucked string instrument. In ancient China, the term konghou came to refer to three different...
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in the silk category include: Wenqin (文琴) – a combination of the erhu, konghou, sanxian and guzheng with 50 or more steel strings. Qingzhou cuoqin (青州挫琴)...
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harps are largely extinct in East Asia in the modern day. The Chinese konghou harp is documented as early as the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BCE)...
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headed konghou (Konghou fengshou), 10th century A.D., Bezeklik Caves, cave 48. Apsara or Feintian (flying goddess 飛天女神) playing a Phoenix-headed konghou -...
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p. 98, ISBN 978-0-19-993921-3. "箜篌故事：凤首丝绸之路上的凤首箜篌" [Konghou Story: The Phoenix-headed Konghou on the Silk Road] (in Chinese). 23 August 2016. 图4 柏孜克里克第48窟中的凤首箜篌...
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century A.D. Harp has pegs on bottom of instrument. Çeng Chang (instrument) Konghou von Hornbostel, Erich M.; Sachs, Curt (March 1961). "Classification of...
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Kithara (Ancient Greece) Kobyz (Kazakhstan) Kobza (Ukraine) Kokles (Latvia) Konghou (China) Kontigi (Nigeria) Komuz (Central Asia) Kora (West Africa) Koto...
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from Yulin Caves near Dunhuang, China Apsara playing a Phoenix-headed konghou - Yulin Cave 15 Apsara Surasundari in Borobudur Painting of Apsara at Sigiriya...
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Classification string instrument Hornbostel–Sachs classification 322.12 (angular harp) Related instruments Çeng Konghou Harp ჩანგი - Changi (Georgian instrument)...
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String instrument (plucked) Hornbostel–Sachs classification 322.222 (Frame harp with pedal tuning action) Playing range Related instruments Çeng Konghou...
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