The Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto (Chinese: 梁祝小提琴协奏曲) is one of the most famous works of Chinese music and certainly one of the most famous outside of China. It is an orchestral adaptation of an ancient legend, the Butterfly Lovers. Written for the western style orchestra, it features a solo violin played using some Chinese techniques.

Gao Shan Liu Shui (高山流水, High Mountain and Running River), Guzheng (古筝, Zither) Solo, was composed by Bo Ya (伯牙) before 221 BC.
Listed as one of ten best ancient Chinese music pieces, "High Mountains Flowing Water" has lyre and zither versions, both inspired by the classical allusion: Boya encountering a person who understands his zither performance.

Mei-Hua-San-Nong made its earliest appearance in the handbook Shen Qi Mi Pu（神奇秘譜）(preface dated 1425). Also called Mei-Hua-Yin（梅花引）or Yu-Fei-Yin（玉妃引）. It was originally a flute piece composed by Huan Yi（桓伊）who li...

Er Quan Ying Yue (二泉映月 - The Moon Reflected In Er-Quan), Erhu Solo (二胡独奏曲), was composed by A Bing (阿炳), whose real name is Hua Yanjun (华彦钧). Er Quan Ying Yue (二泉映月) was originally performed by A Bing (阿炳).

The lyrics for this melody are a famous poem4 by Tao Qian (Tao Yuanming, 365-427). The home to which he has returned is in Chaisang (Mulberry Firewood), an old name for Jiujiang, on the south bank of the Yangzi river in Jiangxi province.

Kang Ding Qing Ge (康定情歌, A Love Song of Kangding), lyrics written by Wu Wen Ji (吴文季) in 1946. Music was based on a Kangding folk song.

Mei Gui Mei Gui Wo A Ni (玫瑰玫瑰我爱你 - Rose Rose I Love You), Folk song, Lyrics by Wu Cun (吴村), Music by Chen Gexin (陈歌辛), Produced in 1940.

玫瑰玫瑰我爱你，知名的国语歌曲，原名《玫瑰啊玫瑰》，1940年电影《天涯歌女》插曲。作词：吴村，作曲：陈歌辛。其原唱者为1930年代上海滩歌星姚莉。后在台湾歌手凤飞飞、香港歌手梅艳芳等多名歌手翻唱。

(Misty River Xiao and Xiang) is a representative work of the famous qin master Guo Chuwang (Guo Mian). The capitulators of the Southern Song dynasty's rulling class planned to destroy the famous general Yue Fei(岳飞） who opposed the Jin dynasty. Re...

This is the best-known piece in the 'martial repertory' (wuqu) for the pipa. The earliest extant tablature is found in Hua Qiuping's pipa score dated 1818, a vivid description of the performance of a piece called Chu Han, about the Chinese Chu and Han states, and specifically the epic battle between their rival armies which in 202 BC secured the power of the Han Dynasty (206BC - 220AD). Chu Han is found in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) biography by the literatus Wang Quanding (1598-1662)., Sizhao Tang Collection.

《神奇秘谱》： 一、溪山夜月。二、一弄叫月，声入太霞。三、二弄穿云，声入云中。四、青鸟啼魂。五、三弄横江，隔江长叹声。六、玉箫声。七、凌风戛玉。八、铁笛声。九、风荡梅�...