100 Chinese Classical Poems
Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan drama and Songs of Chu return to present-day headphones through five verified catalogue routes.
Listen straight through (47 songs)
One after another, back to the top at the end — until you stop it. Tap any song to carry on from there.
- 1Old Moon over Liangzhou · MaryYellow River, lone city, Jade Gate and the ancient moon enter Celtic fiddle and low whistl
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The Ballad of Mulan · Bollywood MaleFrom loom and conscription scroll to the Yellow River and a return after ten years, Bollyw - 3
The Lotus-Gathering Girl of YexiYexi, lotus gathering and laughter on water enter a light female water song; bamboo flute, - 4
Moon over the Mountain PassTianshan moon, Jade Gate wind and a soldier's longing enter oud, ney, restrained flam - 5
The Injustice to Dou E · Jingkun MaryThis is not a clipped preview but a finished one-minute-forty-eight dramatic aria. Mary&#x - 6
Amei Sings Late AutumnLotus fragrance fades, the jade mat turns autumn-cool, wild geese cross a moonlit western - 7
Frontier MoonOne moon shines on both frontier passes and a bamboo house. Beginning with one exact Wang - 8
Lotus Picking at Southern Pond in Autumn‘Lotus picking at Southern Pond in autumn’ enters a small boat from Southern Dynasties yue - 9
Lotus in the WindAfter the rain, the lotus does not remain still. One verb—lift—sets early sun, water, roun - 10
The Green Hills Remain‘Green hills cannot stop it; eastward the river goes.’ The current carries historical pres - 11
Autumn in the Han PalaceZhaojun has departed, yet the emperor's carriage must still pass the palace wall, cir - 12
Autumn in the Han Palace · Male SlowBack to Xianyang, past the palace wall and around the corridor: Male Slow follows the empt - 13
Rain on the Wutong · Male SlowNight rain strikes the wutong leaves as Male Slow carries an emperor's memory through - 14
The South Wind Knows My HeartPlum blossom, lotus gathering, a high tower and passing geese turn longing into a chain of - 15
Farewell at the Long Pavilion · LingwanBlue-green sky, yellow flowers, west wind and southbound geese are not decorative autumn s - 16
Farewell at the Long Pavilion · Lingwan 01AThe same sky, yellow flowers and frosted woods return, but 01A leaves the water-polished e - 17
Incense from the Jade Burner · LingwanRed wax weeps before a rain-dark window and the night seems to have no end. Wen Tingyun tu - 18
Gold Flickers over Painted Hills · LingwanMirror, flowered face, silk jacket and golden partridges are not static palace décor. Dela - 19
Donghuang Taiyi · Dai AmeiAn auspicious day, sounding jade, fragrant plants, cassia wine and drums turn a welcoming MV - 20
Hebo · Dai AmeiA lotus canopy, paired dragons, Kunlun and a purple-shell palace turn companionship into a - 21
Yunzhong Jun · Dai AmeiOrchid-scented bathing, radiant robes, sun, moon and a dragon carriage rise toward clouds - 22
Baidi Light Boat · Dai AmeiA dawn departure beneath coloured clouds compresses a thousand-li journey into one day; thMV - 23
Could Jiangnan Ever Be Forgotten? · Dai AmeiRiver flowers redder than fire and spring water green as indigo move memory toward Hangzho - 24
Across the Water · JianjiaWhite dew gathers on the reeds while the distant figure remains across the water. Across t - 25
Jianjia · LingwanGuzheng, pipa, xiao and river mist carry the three searching stanzas; Lingwan keeps the di - 26
Lotus Songs at Southern PondA small boat rests among a pond of lotus leaves as two Tang poems with the same title meet - 27
Lord of the East · Dawn over FusangFusang first brightens above a sea of cloud; only then does Dong Jun arrive through dragon - 28
Great Master of Fate · Dark Clouds at Heaven's GateHeaven's Gate is not scenery but a threshold for questions of long life, early death, - 29
Xiang Jun · Long Waters, Light Cassia BoatA cassia boat waits between the Yuan and Xiang rivers, but the clear female voice does not - 30
Shao Siming · Autumn Orchids Grow GreenAutumn orchids, purple stems, a cloud banner and returning wind arrive and vanish after a - 31
Xiang Furen · Dongting Waves, Falling LeavesAutumn wind raises Dongting waves and leaves fall across the water, but waiting receives n - 32
Mountain Spirit · A Spirit Dwells in the MountainPine-like branches, mountain rain, hidden bamboo and an absent traveller keep Mountain Spi - 33
After New Rain in the Empty MountainsNew rain, moon among pines, water over stone, returning washerwomen and a fishing boat do - 34
Sun and Rain in a Bamboo-Branch SongRiver water, willow, eastern sun and western rain turn weather into an emotional pun. ThisMV - 35
Moon over Mount EmeiAn autumn half-moon enters the Pingqiang River from Emei, then travels through Qingxi, the - 36
Hengtang RoadNo light step crosses Hengtang; only a gaze, a moon bridge, dusk over the fragrant bank an - 37
One Moon over Chang’anUnder the Chang’an moon, households beat cloth while autumn wind carries longing toward th - 38
Spring River under the MoonSpring tide meets the sea as the moon rises with it; flower woods resemble sleet and white - 39
Crossing the River for LotusSomeone crosses the water for lotus, intending the flower for a distant beloved, then look - 40
Climbing High · End CreditsAn autumn river, distant sky and an unhurried bass leave the breadth and solitude after th - 41
Moonlight Before My BedMoonlight and homesickness cross languages in an English-sung encounter with Tang poetry. - 42
One More Cup at Yang PassThe farewell cup stays within a new song as Mary carries its parting words to listeners in - 43
Spring Over a Broken CountryLandscape, spring and human longing meet in Male Slow's English-sung Tang-poetry expe - 44
Bring In The WineAn English-sung meeting of Tang poetry and a Bollywood voice, beginning with poetry's - 45
Dream of Ten YearsFrom the Chinese poem to an English response, Male Slow lets ten years of longing echo bet - 46
The Ballad of Mulan · Another EditionThe familiar story of Mulan finds another voice. This edition stands beside the existing r - 47
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How the series is built
Dou E, the Long Pavilion, Wutong Rain and Autumn in the Han Palace enter Kunqu, jing-kun, spoken drama and slow-song forms.
Dense late-Tang imagery—fragrance, distance and difficult longing—finds a detailed vocal route through Lingwan.
From Mountain Spirit, Lady of the Xiang, Xiang Jun and Shao Siming to Hebo, Yunzhong Jun, Dong Jun, Da Siming, Donghuang Taiyi and Hymn to the Fallen, myth, rivers, cloud light and ritual keep their gravity without becoming a label.
Lotus leaves, moonlit Chang’an, Jiangnan and waterside gathering return to breath, surface light and repeatable melody.
Light boats, empty mountains, bamboo-branch songs and the moon over Emei connect classical landscape with journeys now.
MV stories
The long pavilion is more than a station. It is where love is pulled apart by propriety, ambition and distance at once. Yingying and Zhang Sheng cannot simply refuse the departure, so autumn, carriage wheels and a farewell meal speak their reluctance slowly for them.
Dou E is not a passive victim waiting for someone else to clear her name. Before execution, she turns private injustice into a public challenge to cosmic and human order. If the music retains only sorrow, it loses the drama’s sharpest force: a person pushed to the edge still names what is wrong with the world.
The moon is not a still object above a mountain but a companion travelling beside the boat. Place-names move steadily forward while moonlight remains, allowing the clarity of a young journey and the sadness of leaving home to occur at the same time.
Wang Wei’s empty mountain is not a world without people. Noise has receded, allowing moon, pine, spring water, bamboo and returning life to recover their proportion. The musical challenge is not how many Chinese instruments to add, but whether the arrangement can leave enough room for quiet.
The exhilaration of a light boat passing ten thousand mountains is more than scenic speed; it belongs to someone emerging from danger. Distant Jiangling, gibbon calls on both banks and mountains falling behind turn regained freedom into a journey with actual current.
The same pavilion farewell changes when carried by another voice. Lingwan’s route does not make sorrow larger; it lets each word land like a stitch, bringing Yingying’s restraint closer to the ear than open lament.
Green hills can block the view but cannot stop the river flowing east. Xin Qiji compresses landscape, historical wound and irreversible direction into one lyric image. The complete on-site version returns that force to a present-day slow song, making persistence a sound that actually reaches its ending rather than a slogan.