DavidNguyen
Intermediate
Plays the Shamisen and is looking into Vietnamese Ken, and Dan Nguyet. Also interested in Pipa
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Post by DavidNguyen on Apr 17, 2015 1:34:34 GMT
So I found this old painting of Vietnamese instruments. The first one is obviously a flute, but the second one looks like one of those Qinqin with the circle shaped body rather than the flower shaped one. Though it's probably a derrivative of the Ruan, or an early version of the Dan Nguyet. I recognise the character for the word Qin (琴) or Cầm in Vietnamese, but I cannot read Chinese characters, so I don't know what the character above it means. Could somebody perhaps translate the meaning of all the characters? I believe the picture is from the Ly or Le dynasty Attachments:
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Post by Blue on Apr 19, 2015 2:48:36 GMT
This is very tricky because there are idiomatic differences between Chữ nôm ( ?喃) and regular Chinese characters. 素女舞笙,素女挍扇,素女鼓琴,素女吹笛 素女 = Musician goddess/fairy 舞笙 = Dances with the Sheng (I don't see a Sheng, so I suppose she is dancing with it?) 挍扇 = “Criticizes” with the fan 鼓琴 = Drums/beats the qin (Maybe she is hitting the side of her instruments to make a few beats?) 吹笛 = Blows the flute
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DavidNguyen
Intermediate
Plays the Shamisen and is looking into Vietnamese Ken, and Dan Nguyet. Also interested in Pipa
Posts: 42
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Post by DavidNguyen on Apr 19, 2015 5:54:41 GMT
Thanks for the translation. Perhaps the "Drum beats the qin" refers to the shape of the body, which kind of resembles a drum
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