TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Saving Traditional Chinese Music, One TikTok at a Time

Faced with dwindling interest and pandemic restrictions, traditional Chinese musicians turn to the internet to make a living and preserve their dying sounds

MUSIC

The Musicians Plucking Heartstrings Across Cultures

How the spontaneous music of a Chinese-Syrian duo fuses the sounds of traditional instruments across cultures

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TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Why Young Performers are Giving Up On Years of Traditional Opera Training

A former Kunqu opera performer describes working in a disappearing art

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TRAVEL

Fate, Play, Love

A musician went looking for Xiamen—and found herself (and a puppy)