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TIL "Plum Blossom Music" is the most widely spread classic Chinese instrumental music and was originally played on the flute by Huan Yin, the famous general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420). The music score was first recorded in Mysterious Music Scores compiled in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

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