Thousands Performers Play Chinese Lute For World Record

Performers play the Chinese lute together under the guidance of a conductor in Liaoyuan City, northeast China’s Jilin Province, July 26, 2012. Altogether 2,012 performers on Thursday played the Chinese lute together, setting a World Guinness Record, in northeast China’s Jilin province. The group, including 1,800 primary students and 212 musicians from China and overseas, played traditional Chinese tune “Dance of the Golden Snake” at a primary school in the city of Liaoyuan, dubbed “hometown of lutes in China.” <Xinhua/Chang Yishu>

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