THE BAMBOO WAY

Musician to showcase his unique crusade at Beijing concert

In 1991, Beijing-based musician Wang Wei went on a tour with China Oriental Performing Arts Group as bassist. During the tour, he became fascinated by the shakuhachi, a kind of Japanese bamboo flute. Later, he found out that the shakuhachi, which was called chi ba in Chinese, was introduced to Japan during the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

Astonished and ashamed of how he was ignorant of the country's rich musical tradition as a professional musician, Wang started learning and researching about Chinese musical instrument made of bamboo.