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[[File:Se-zither.jpg|thumb|right|320px|A ''se'' on display at the Metropolitan Museum]]
*''Chinese'': 瑟 ''(sè)''
The ''se'' is a Chinese traditional musical instrument, a heavy 25-string zither often used in [[Daoism|Daoist]] and state ceremonies.
The instrument is associated with notions of friendship, particularly among [[literati]], and especially when paired with the ''[[qin]]''.
It is rather distinct among East Asian zithers, as it is plucked with two hands, and has multi-colored strings. Five blue strings represent the Azure Dragon of the East, and heaven; five red strings the Vermillion Bird of the South; four yellow strings the element of earth and the center direction; five purple strings; five black strings representing the Dark Warrior of the North; and finally one white string, which goes unplayed, and represents the White Tiger of the West, mourning, and the element of the void.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Musical Instruments gallery, Metropolitan Museum.
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
*''Chinese'': 瑟 ''(sè)''
The ''se'' is a Chinese traditional musical instrument, a heavy 25-string zither often used in [[Daoism|Daoist]] and state ceremonies.
The instrument is associated with notions of friendship, particularly among [[literati]], and especially when paired with the ''[[qin]]''.
It is rather distinct among East Asian zithers, as it is plucked with two hands, and has multi-colored strings. Five blue strings represent the Azure Dragon of the East, and heaven; five red strings the Vermillion Bird of the South; four yellow strings the element of earth and the center direction; five purple strings; five black strings representing the Dark Warrior of the North; and finally one white string, which goes unplayed, and represents the White Tiger of the West, mourning, and the element of the void.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Musical Instruments gallery, Metropolitan Museum.
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]