The dizi is a bamboo flute and is widely used in Chinese folk music and opera. The first flutes excavated date back to over 8,000 years ago in the Neolithic era, making them the oldest musical ...

Today, Chinese parents rock infants in bamboo cradles, and children play with bamboo toys or blow bamboo flutes. As adults, peasants shape the ground with bamboo tools and, in the spring ...

The evening will feature a special musical performance by WIU professor Hong-Da Chin, who will play a Chinese bamboo flute called the dizi. He will be accompanied by pianist Po-Chuan Chiang.

By watching videos and playing by ear, he taught himself three Chinese instruments.   Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The 18-year-old is the only non-Chinese member of Temasek Polytechnic Chinese Orchestra in Singapore and the only bamboo ...