Chinese traditional music — pentatonic, ornamented, paced with calligraphic restraint. The erhu carries the lead with long bowed slides and vibrato. A guzheng zither plucks shimmering runs underneath. The dizi bamboo flute floats melodic phrases above. Pipa lute fills the harmony with rapid tremolo. Tempos sit at 60–110 BPM in pentatonic gong and yu modes, with phrases that breathe between bars and end on long sustained final notes.
Film editors bed it under wuxia and historical-China scenes. Travel vloggers cut it into Beijing, Shanghai and Great Wall footage. Restaurant owners stream the slower cuts as dim-sum ambience. Lunar New Year creators score parade and dragon-dance reels with it. Also fits tea-ceremony tutorial videos and martial-arts training montages. See also world or asian.
Number of sounds: 50. Duration: to 120 sec.