In Chinese folk religion, Guanyin is understood as a goddess who answers all prayers, including requests for wealth, health, good fortune and giving birth to a son. Historically, Confucianism, Taoism ...

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Performers of Nanyin, an ancient Chinese folk music art form originated from southeast China's Fujian Province, chat with each other at a tea house in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, May 8, 2014.

Chinese Folk Music We close this hour with music from cellist Yo Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble from the group's visit to NPR. Fred talks with members of the ensemble, ...

The Chinese-born, San Diego-based musician Wu Man has built a reputation as an eclectic, adventurous artist, one who bends genres as wildly as she does the strings of the pipa, the two-milleniums ...

Wu is a composer and a world-renowned virtuoso on the guzheng, a 2500-year-old string instrument which is a staple of Chinese folk music. Meanwhile, ...

Chinese Folk Music Meets Appalachian Tradition On 'Wu Fei And Abigail Washburn' Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn, who released a self-titled debut album as a duo on Friday, ...