Chinese Songs MP3 Music Downloads

China is a land of rich cultural heritage and their music reflects that entirely. Various sites online provide hot latest recent released hit new Chinese songs mp3 as well as rare traditional cultural folk old Chinese songs mp3 for free download. Lyrics, videos, video clips, remix Chinese songs, instrumental Chinese songs, pop Chinese songs etc are also available downloadable for free.
Chinese music has a history which is more than 8000 years old. The first evidence of music in the form of instruments and artifacts was found in the Zhou dynasty (1122 BC – 256 BC). Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher, influenced Chinese music greatly and helped it to evolve. He believed that music was the source that provided a sense of calm n serenity and would help in quelling a man’s lust. He did not believe in the concept of music being a source of amusement.
Chinese music is pentatonic-diatonic, meaning that the basic pentatonic scale can change pitch within a diatonic context unlike western music which is based on an 8 scale system. The Chinese music today like the rest of the world is getting greatly influenced by American popular music and is losing the traditional Chinese music so as to speak. Chinese pop bands and artists are becoming popular by the day amongst the younger generation.
Traditional Chinese instrumental music is heterophonic meaning more than one instrument is used. Traditional Chinese vocal music is more often solo and sung in a thin high nonresonant voice or a falsetto.
Chinese instruments are classified into four subtypes they being bowed string, plucked string, wind and percussion instruments. Some famous instruments are chu, sheng, panpipes, zither, flute, bell, drum etc.
Some famous Chinese songs are:

• Yan Weiwen - When I Think of My Home by Dedema
• Tong Tiexin - The Red Setting Sun by Dedema
• Zhu Fengbo - Olive Tree by Jiang Dawei
• Qian Manhua - Oh My Homeland by Jiang Dawei.