From Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, a performance of “Yanzi (Swallow Song)” – a Chinese folk song, Kazakh in origin… “Please do not forget your promise and change your heart.”
Tag: China
The Vivid Imperial Scrolls of China
Imagine waking one morning as heir to a major share of the planet:
“In 1689, Kangxi, the emperor of China, embarked on a tour to inspect his southern provinces, undertaking a two-thousand-mile journey from Beijing to the cities and towns of the Yangzi Delta and back…”
Read more about the Imperial scrolls at Humanities magazine.