Delight in the Autumn Wind

Delight in the Autumn Wind is hailed as a "living fossil" of ancient Chinese music. Its tune names, gongche notation, instrumentation and performance practice all descend from the banquet music of the Tang and Song, drawing also on Song and Yuan grand suites, ci tunes and the northern and southern qu. It was later handed down at Zhihua Temple in Beijing. Su Jiong of the Song wrote in his poem Osmanthus: "A cliff of trees tangles with the autumn clouds; first delight, as the autumn wind reaches the nose." Those who hear this piece may savor the two together.

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