Chinese music

A:hi,i heard that you know a lot about chinese folk music,can you tell me something about it

B:ok.folk music in china has a long history,it happeded in four or five thousand years ago.some of the folk music is played on solo instruments or ensembles of plucked and bowed stringed instruments.

A:what are they

B:well,woodwind has dizi,sheng,paixiao,guan,bells,bowed stings has erhu,dahu,banhu,jinghu,plucked and stuck strings has guqin,yangqin,ruan,pipa,something like that

A:i see,tell me more

B:ok.in some places,a genre of traditonal ballads,they are sung by a woman accompanied by a xiao and a pipa and other traditional instruments.the music is generally sorrowful and mouring and typically deals with love_stricken women.silk and bamboo music from jiangnan is a style of instrumental music,often played by musicians in teahouses in shanghai.

A:oh yes,i remember it,i watched it in hangzhou.is that the same type

B:i think so.i like it a lot

A:thank you for telling me those about folk music.i would like ask more next time

B:anytime