Global Eyes on GDTE | Thousand-year-old Warring States music recreated

Editor’s note: As the 5th Global Digital Trade Expo (GDTE) opens, Hangzhou is once again entering “digital trade time” . The special series “Global Eyes on GDTE” invites foreign friends living and studying in Hangzhou to step into the exhibition halls and experience cutting-edge technologies, new scenarios and new lifestyles.

In ancient China, the musical notes were not "do re mi fa sol," but rather Gong, Shang, Jue, Zhi, and Yu. How did it sound different from modern music?

The "Zenghouyi Bells" (Chime-bells of Marquis Yi of the Zeng State), a priceless treasure of the Hubei Provincial Museum, is an ancient Chinese musical instrument dating back over 2,000 years. Uncovered from the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, this royal mausoleum itself resembles an underground musical palace.

At this year's Global Digital Trade Expo (GDTE), the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, in collaboration with the Hubei Provincial Museum, created an immersive experience space. Based on a complete excavated set of ritual musical instruments, the exhibition space reconstructs the "musical living room" of Zeng State nobility during the Warring States period, where they hosted guests, banqueted, and performed rituals, all brought to life through ultra-widescreen glasses-free 3D immersive visual effects and ancient musical soundscapes.

Click on the video to step into the exhibition space with Richard, travel back over 2,000 years, and experience a grand musical feast of the Warring States period firsthand!