sheng
Chinese mouth-blown free reed instrument
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Summary
sheng ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (787 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- sheng is a type of free reed aerophone[2].
- sheng's Commons category is recorded as Sheng[3].
- sheng's country of origin is recorded as China[4].
- sheng's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sheng[5].
- sheng's Commons gallery is recorded as 笙[6].
- sheng's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[7].
- sheng's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
- sheng's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[9].
- sheng's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
- sheng's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
- sheng's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 412.132[12].
- sheng's different from is recorded as Sheng[13].
- sheng's different from is recorded as shō[14].
- sheng's different from is recorded as saenghwang[15].
- sheng's different from is recorded as guzheng[16].
- sheng's different from is recorded as lu sheng[17].
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Definition and Type
sheng is a type of free reed aerophone[2].
Why It Matters
sheng ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (787 views/month).[1] sheng has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] sheng is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]