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Yingzhou Gudiao Pipa (瀛洲古调派琵琶)

Source: www.cultural-china.com

Chongming is called Yingzhou in the old time, and the "Yingzhou Gudiao" refers to the Pipa tune originated in Chongming Island.

"Yingzhou Gudiao Pipa" is also called "Chongming School Pipa", and it is the generic term for all the performance styles and skills of "Yingzhou Gudiao".

"Yingzhou Gudiao Pipa" borrows the north school's majestic and powerful genre with boundless momentum, and it also borrows the south school's graceful and soft genre, so it very unique and has its own characteristic, and becomes a famous Pipa school in China.