The chief leaders of both sides have a friendly communication discussion.     file photo of the group  

file photo of the group

The cultural delegation of Oregon state government of the United States watched the performance of Hua Xia Ancient Music Arts Group in Henan Museum on July 6, 2012. They felt that was a very nice performance. And they invited the group to perform in America next Spring Festival.

In time, Hua Xia Ancient Music Arts Group will go and perform in Oregon, Los Angeles, Houston and some other states of America.

Hua Xia Ancient Music Arts Group was founded in 2000. The group once has been to perform in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and many big cities in China. The actors have given thousands of concerts already and received enthusiastic ovation from Chinese audience.

Introduction of the music instruments

The music instruments unearthed in Henan in recent years have drawn worldwide attention, because of the diversity and quantity. Especially, the instruments from the remote antiquity which account for over ninety-percent of the musical instruments found in Henan. They include the Jiahu Bone Flute, with a history of some nine thousand years, unearthed at Jiahu, Wuyang, the Pottery Drum and Pottery Xun, with a five-thousand-year history, the Te Chime that belongs to the Longshan Culture of about four thousand years ago, the Bronze Bells of the Xia Palace of three thousand years ago, the Serial Cymbals and the Fish-shaped Chimes of the Yin Ruins, Anyang. As well as the Chime Bells of the State Ying and State Guo and from the Western Zhou Dynasty, the chimes, bells, drums, se, xiao, qin and sheng. The instruments are not only of unique configurations, but also have diapasons and standards much like that of modern music.

The exquisiteness of the craftsmanship and the harmony of the swings represent not only the superior standard of ancient Chinese music, but the high potential for research and performance. The variety of musical instruments spread in every respect and exhibits the wealth information of music available to learn from the remote antiquity. Chinese musical archaeologist has always been the treasured, constant pursuit for unaccountable Chinese musical archaeologists and temperament specialists to have such an imitated performance made utilizing those fine instruments.