Bianqing (Simplified Chinese: 编磬; Traditional Chinese: 編磬; Pinyin: biān qìng) is an ancient Chinese musical instrument consisting of a set of L-shaped flat stone chimes, played melodically. The chimes were hung in a wooden frame and struck with a mallet. Along with the bronze bells called bianzhong, they were an important instrument in China's ritual and court music going back to ancient times. Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... Bianzhong (編鐘) is an ancient Chinese musical instrument consisting of a set of bronze bells. ...

A similar instrument was imported to Korea, where it is called pyeongyeong and still used in Korean court and ritual music. Korea (Hangul: 한국, Hanja: 韓國, McCune-Reischauer: Hanguk, Revised: Hanguk, or Chosŏngŭl : 조선, Hanja: 朝鮮, McCune-Reischauer: Chosŏn, Revised: Joseon) is a civilization and geographical area situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, bordering China (PRC) to the northwest and Russia to the northeast, with Japan situated to the... A pyeongyeong (편경 pyeon-gyeong) is a traditional Korean percussion instrument, a kind of stone chime formed of sixteen stone slabs suspended from a frame. ...

External links

• Bianqing page from The Musical Instruments E-book

Video

• Bianqing video from The Musical Instruments E-book

See also

• Pyeongyeong
• Bianzhong
• Traditional Chinese musical instruments