Chinese "Orchestra"
Chinese Musical Instrument can also form an Orchestra, breaking your stereotyped idea that Orchestra is western styled.
As in the Attached picture:
Twelve member concert group at the Hubei Provincial Museum. The concert is given using reproduction instruments from the grave of Marquise Li, interred ca. 438 BCE during the Warring States Period. Not only the instruments, but also the music played comes from this site. Ancient "long sleve" dancing was demonstrated.
The concert bell set is unique in that (unlike most Chinese bell sets) it is capable of playing western music - "Ode to Joy" from Beethovan's ninth symphony was played by this group.
The grave goods found here were truely fit for a king, given to the Marquise by a neigboring ruler who was given shelter by M. Li during wartime. After recovering his territory the king gave these gifts to Li. While a marquise would normally rank to have goods in multiples of seven (as for example, a set of seven matching bronze pots), these goods are in multiples of nine.
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