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Konghou
The ( ) is a Chinese plucked string instrument. In ancient China, the term came to refer to three different musical instruments: a zither and two different types of harp. Today, usually refers the modern concert harp, which was invented in the last century. refers to an extinct vertical angular harp, and to an extinct arched harp. During the Tang dynasty it was also used as a general term for string instruments from other countries that played in the Chinese court. It may not have meant a specific type of instrument at that time. In the Song dynasty, because the konghou was increasingly associated with lower-status courtesans and singing girls, its music was considered licentious and dangerous, earning it the nickname “the Marquis (hou) of the Empty (kong) State” (kongguo zhi hou 空國之候).
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The ( ) is a Chinese plucked string instrument. In ancient China, the term came to refer to three different musical instruments: a zither and two different types of harp. Today, usually refers the modern concert harp, which was invented in the last century. refers to an extinct vertical angular harp, and to an extinct arched harp. During the Tang dynasty it was also used as a general term for string instruments from other countries that played in the Chinese court. It may not have meant a specific type of instrument at that time. In the Song dynasty, because the konghou was increasingly associated with lower-status courtesans and singing girls, its music was considered licentious and dangerous, earning it the nickname “the Marquis (hou) of the Empty (kong) State” (kongguo zhi hou 空國之候).
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