you're a chinese alchemist searching for the elixir of life but you got gunpowder instead (playlist)

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@nobodyplaylists Рік тому

TIMESTAMPS / (author/s) 00:00 the flickering of the candle flame (lei qiang) 04:14 lotus out of water (hong ting) 08:44 moonlight reflected on the er-quan spring (lei qiang) 14:36 the fisherman's song at dusk (hong ting) 19:02 nostalgia (lei qiang) 25:52 the sorrow of lady zhaojun (hong ting) 30:34 moonlit night (lei qiang) 36:03 autumn moon over still lake (hong ting) 40:22 the ballad of blue flower (lei qiang) 51:08 winter ducks play on water (hong ting) 56:57 the hill looks like a bottle (lei qiang)

@marswantstodie Рік тому

Hey i think you missed a song that starts in 47:46.

@eskarinakatz7723 Рік тому

Kind of wondering when this will work with YT Music. How does getting videos to work with that… whatever-it-is work?

@SirRyan31 Рік тому

@@eskarinakatz7723 timestamps?

@eskarinakatz7723 Рік тому

@@SirRyan31 I think I was unsure of the definition of YT Music.

@ksol1460tv 6 місяців тому

That Lei Qiang album came out in '95. It is fantastic. I have a CD of it somewhere, haven't heard it in many years. Thank you!

@marshal_anon4522 2 місяці тому

"I was expecting to make the flame of life last forever, but now everything is on flames" - Chinese Alchemist probably

@mmminteresting2440 2 місяці тому

I mean... Task failed successfully?

@Adrian.ningma 2 місяці тому

the irony history

@richad2537 2 місяці тому

Instead of prolonging life, he be taking life

@nightsfadeaway7873 2 місяці тому

well said

@TechJolt3d 2 місяці тому

Made my day

@anamissan9561 Рік тому

you´re a chinese emperor searching for immortality but you got mercury instead

@lebarondeminuit3580 6 місяців тому

Qin Shi Huangdi moment

@MiroNyholm-mj7hd 3 місяці тому

Funny.

@Gems_W 2 місяці тому

LMAOO

@sharonmeng27 2 місяці тому

@@lebarondeminuit3580 All Han Dynasty emperors moments!

@pseudolullus 2 місяці тому

Cinnabar, cinnabar everywhere

@ran-yn5xw Рік тому

it's so refreshing to see a chinese-inspired playlist that uses music and art created by actual chinese people instead of treating all east asian cultures (japanese, korean...) as interchangeable.. i feel like a lot of youtube playlists do the latter and it's so frustrating to see. thank you for all these bomb playlists!!

@aprilshqwers6663 Рік тому

agreed!!!

@casperdec5126 Рік тому

korean?

@tzimiscezhulo920 Рік тому

Do you have some advices in order to differenciate chinese's writing from corean's and japanese's ? I feel like I can ear the difference but not quite see it.

@aprilshqwers6663 Рік тому

@@tzimiscezhulo920 Usually a sentence in Chinese is consistently and ONLY characters with straight lines (some curves idk how to explain) BUT STRICTLY straight lines. Japanese sentences will occasionally contain very obvious curves known as hirigana and occasionally some straight lines that look like Chinese characters which are kanji. I'm not a professional but this is my perception as a Chinese person. Korean contains some ovals but also straight lines, mostly ovals/circles.

@tzimiscezhulo920 Рік тому

@@aprilshqwers6663 thanks you April ! ❤️

@ajbolt7 2 місяці тому

FACT: 95% of Emperors stop funding their alchemists RIGHT BEFORE they're about to find the elixir of life for real this time

@frankzhang1246 Місяць тому

I think its 100% of emperors actually

@Sp0reganic 14 днів тому

the elixir is symbolic of internal changes required to progress through the development of a human to a perfected being.

@TuveanYGloir День тому

LMAO dats funni ass shit

@TuveanYGloir День тому

@@Sp0reganicno is not, brodi. them chinese emperors mos def thought it was sumthin to drank and they would live forever. face it bruh they were ignorant

@bobhill-ol7wp День тому

@@TuveanYGloir Who let gen z on their phone again?

@dothmotherknowyouwearth Рік тому

Chinese music playlist by a channel that makes amazing classical music playlists? A dream come true.

@rosie__7179 Рік тому

good comment, but in truth i liked for your incredible channel name👌👌

@dothmotherknowyouwearth Рік тому

@@rosie__7179 thank you :)

@felixnavid4d Рік тому

omg I agree! I’ve always found chinese music fascinating so it’s a plus! also your username lmfao 😭😭

@dothmotherknowyouwearth Рік тому

@@felixnavid4dTony Stark has a way with words

@thegriffin88 8 місяців тому

You like prog rock? There's a small band called The Hsu Nami (tsunami) that wonderfully blends electric guitar and erhu into this really groovy beat. They also live in Mahwa NJ which is just across the river from me. So that was fun to find out. Super groovy band. Instrumental only but that's the beauty of traditional instruments and modern ones coming together.

@GoldenEmperor5Manifest 3 місяці тому

It's SO HARD to find good classical Chinese music playlists that aren't just a loop of 1 song over and over. This was a treat to find, thank you!

@Kyle-cu7qz 2 місяці тому

Had this issue for a while myself, the trick I have found is to search by a more specific genre or era, as an example song or tang dynasty songs, or guqin music, or jingnan-sizhu/silk and bamboo ensembles, can get some really good ones from there. One of my favorites I have come across is called Drunken fisherman singing in the sunset by the Ze De guqin Studio

@GoldenEmperor5Manifest 2 місяці тому

@@Kyle-cu7qz Thank you!!

@gycis5998 Місяць тому

This is an interesting difference, I live in a small city in China and can hear it almost anywhere near a Taoist temple in an old town

@DearStephanieX Місяць тому

@@Kyle-cu7qz thanks so much!

@ZenXnxrchy Рік тому

Already a banger Get it? Gunpowder…. Kbye

@user-fz5rv2yz1u 2 місяці тому

well at least this playlist is a bomb (your joke isn't)

@seafoaaam 2 місяці тому

may jah strike you down

@THECHEESELORD69 2 місяці тому

@@user-fz5rv2yz1u that was quite the explosive reprisal! (the joke was funny to me)

@rusk908 Місяць тому

@@user-fz5rv2yz1u Shit was fire fym (Get it? Cuz the Chinese made fireworks)

@nomotivay Рік тому

fun fact: ancient Chinese medicine practitioners during the rule of the Yellow Emperor thought mercury was the elixir of life, thus the emperor was regularly prescribed mercury sulphide.

@justmerc1642 Рік тому

*It's Always Sunny intro plays* The Gang Kills The Emperor

@danielawesome36 Рік тому

Imagine if it was a lie, and that they were just trying their best to kill the Emperor.

@nomotivay Рік тому

@@danielawesome36 *covers your mouth* shhh

@ShinnoEli Рік тому

I was just thinking of that one. ...Not a great moment in the history of medicine. Xp

@nomotivay Рік тому

@@ShinnoEli atleast they now know shiny silver liquid bad

@pycheekoon1765 Рік тому

As a Chinese follower who love this channel always because of its recommendation of western classical music, now this sudden Chinese music with familier picture stunned me a little while.🤣

@sunrequiem Рік тому

yesss same

@SaintCroque 2 місяці тому

Hi, would you have by any chance some recommendations for "classical" chinese artists in this playlist style ? Chinese culture is something very much overlooked by westerners such as myself and i figured i could use some good starting points to discover new music. Cheers :)

@shiranuifirefox7897 2 місяці тому

@@SaintCroque Dropping in-- you should check out Zide Guqin studio. They make covers of some traditional Guqin (7string zither(?)) songs and have a traditional instrument ensemble

@yarnspinner5223 2 місяці тому

@@SaintCroque Hello SaintCroque, I am Chinese and a lover of traditional Chinese instruments. I'm glad that you are interested! For keyword search, I recommend searching with specific instruments, such as "Erhu music" or "Guzheng music". Playlists made by Chinese accounts or with Chinese performer names in credit are usually authentic. (Cover music of pop culture songs using traditional Chinese instruments are also extremely interesting, but of course, they wouldn't be 100% "traditional" if that's what you are looking for)

@boop9430 2 місяці тому

@@yarnspinner5223 Pipa too! My favorite Chinese instrument!

@jimanya Рік тому

please do other cultures classical music please this is great a wealth of song information thank you nobody somebody

@eskarinakatz7723 Рік тому

This would just be amazing to have! Agreed!

@Toasty-du3fl Рік тому

I had a stroke reading this

@incognitosecret2377 Рік тому

Yeah, for example Bulgaria has some HEAT

@spmoran4703 Рік тому

He should try a Latin American play list.

@FennecFox00 Рік тому

@@spmoran4703 it would sound a little diff bc every latam country has different national music but i would love to see a latam playlist so much

@vehement. Рік тому

THAT TITLE 😭 Also, this type of music? I really like it! It’s not that common at least not for English speakers to search up good (Asian like traditional Chinese or Japanese) foreign music

@appletreeparfait9463 Рік тому

it's pretty common more than you think.

@vehement. Рік тому

@@appletreeparfait9463 I don’t think it, I know it. I listen to it a lot but it’s rare to find ones with personality.

@zsakrock Рік тому

This is a very ignorant comment, indeed.

@liirinen Рік тому

It's quite common, I listen to Armenian and middle Eastern classical music a lot

@liirinen Рік тому

@@zsakrock agreed

@artinhjollder4779 4 місяці тому

Actually I was searching for the gunpowder to stir up my frustration in this world of vain conflicts and mundane futilities but I got the elixir of life instead; The endless stream of ancient wisdom and tranquility. Thank you.

@andrewrivera4046 Рік тому

"Two lovers forbidden from one another a war divides their people and a mountain divides them apart build a path to be together. (Yeah I forgot the next couples of lines but then it goes) Secret tunnel, secret tunnel through the mountain secret, secret, secret, secret tunnel! oh yeah!" - a real legend

@user-mi2hs5or5r Рік тому

降世通神！

@andrewrivera4046 Рік тому

@@user-mi2hs5or5r Huh, apparently the Chinese version of Avatar: The Last Airbender roughly translates to Incarnation when translated back to English. I'm glad my comment was able to cross the cultural barrier. Hahaha

@psychomammoth9640 Рік тому

Oh yeah. “And Die!””

@nostalgic2231 6 місяців тому

sounds like something that could be built with gunpowder

@MiroNyholm-mj7hd 3 місяці тому

Yes.

@BlackMothraa Місяць тому

When you're a dog who diligently cultivates and looking for glory and immortality but you becomes the stone lion in the forbidden city instead

@rakashael Рік тому

It's nice to see younger people get into classical Chinese. Or at least in my view the are nostaligiac works. It means that music speaks across time and place.

@coolerthancoolicecold Рік тому

Yes I’m obsessed with history and ancient cultures

@Felix-co1rl Рік тому

title is giving slay tbh

@4ftertheblo0m Рік тому

LMAOOO

@woahdudeitsme9742 Рік тому

That title is amazing great job!! Glad we could help.

@nobodyplaylists Рік тому

Thanks for the idea!

@PRonYouTube 2 місяці тому

hilarious suggestion, love it!

@ThinkingReed_ 2 місяці тому

Oh! Thank you so much for this! As a Taiwanese/Chinese, I rarely come across authentic Chinese music on UKposts. I would really appreciate it if you could do more Chinese playlists in the future.♥

@notkorosensei0263 Рік тому

Wait, did they actually trying to search for it? That would've been like a whole bummer phase because they got the powder of death instead.

@chestersakamoto6843 Рік тому

They did, yes! Under Qi Shih Huang's orders (the first emperor of China), his physicians and alchemists sought in vain the elixir of life to grant its drinker immortality. You see, Qi Shih Huang was deathly afraid of...well, death. He wanted to live forever and executed all those who failed to come up with the elixir. Of course, he never found it and ultimately died after uniting China under a single banner. But, if you ask me, he had nothing to fear. Though he's physically gone, his reputation and exploits have certainly granted him a level of immortality so long as humanity endures.

@georgeoldsterd8994 Рік тому

Yeah, and apparently archeologists have recently uncovered a pot containing some of it. The analysis of its contents have shown that the elixir was actually dangerous to drink, because it contained stuff like mercury or whatnot, but back then it was believed to have actually been beneficial for your health, hence why it was an ingredient.

@owfan4134 Рік тому

such is the fate of the one who, in their pride, seeks immortality not in the benevolence of their deeds and the legacy of their service to humanity, but in the deification of their mind and body above and beyond humanity through force and domination.

@YourBoyTrue Рік тому

True, but it would also lead to fireworks. One of the more beautiful though equally as devastating offsprings of gunpowder.

@isaaaak Рік тому

@@chestersakamoto6843 did they really discover gunpowder instead though?

@VioletsOnMars Рік тому

33 hours left. Going to read and study my favorite Chinese literature while listening to this. 🥰

@snowpea10 Рік тому

recommendations? :)

@qwertzu140 Рік тому

Yeah, I'd like to know to!

@chestersakamoto6843 Рік тому

I was going to say, I already have my copy of the Tao Teh Ching ready!

@mush7072 Рік тому

Hoo can you give us recommendations? 😊

@kunshi2383 Рік тому

哪本書呀？

@exterminatusbutton8723 Місяць тому

Imagine trying to find the key to immortality but you end up finding something that would cause death for thousands of years to come.

@ice.goblin 2 місяці тому

this is an incredible collection (wonderful, engaging title of the video as well), thank you so much for making!!

@KambizSayari 2 місяці тому

Thank you for taking the time to put this together. I really enjoyed the music.

@hillaryfernandez5891 Рік тому

I feel so at peace when I listen to this music. It makes me feel as if I was just lying outside, existing.

@tanvideshkar7317 Рік тому

This is literally dream come true. I love this person😭😭💗

@arivrindazhakshura9529 Місяць тому

wait what?😂

@mush7072 Рік тому

PLEASE I'M BEGINNING YOU, KEEP GOING ! 😭 Every playlist are so fucking good ! The title, the songs... Piece of art ! 🏌️💖

@youtoutoo Рік тому

the way i love chinese music and you're just dropped this awesome playlist

@lampenfieber 2 місяці тому

really beautiful, thank you for uploading!!!

@qien6046 Рік тому

thank you so much for making this playlist! i love chinese music but never found a good playlist. this means so much to me

@slothkid3431 Рік тому

Never knew I needed this so much

@marchmillk Рік тому

nobody was looking for it, everyone needed it. Soooo calming

@jet_black_ninja2210 Місяць тому

thankyou for also having it on spotify

@ssd6862 Рік тому

红瓷候火煮砂，雪魄余烟流彩忽有雷惊星散，谩惜柳飞絮残 write a poem which may be suitable in this atmosphere :)

@_anairbagsavedmylife Рік тому

so pretty

@IKUN-ChickenYouTooBeautiful Рік тому

Good poem

@Jeff_Biden 2 місяці тому

why is the poem about fortnite bro

@goblinsteve436 2 місяці тому

好诗

@jaydencrimsoneverett6731 Місяць тому

it works...really well

@Caillou5120 Рік тому

Honestly so excited for this.

@sympostersyndrome Рік тому

Not the title I expected to see in my feed today, but I'm not complaining Thanks for continuously making all these unique playlists, fam, you're actually a legend

@tatianaledeneva7910 2 місяці тому

Thank you! Beautiful melodies!

@BM.Phoenix Рік тому

The caption is an unfortunate reality 😂My name's meaning is "the water of immortality" and so means "elixir of life" 🍷 That playlist made my day! Gives such a beautiful & peaceful Chinese ambience, loved it ❤

@sonarharin3906 2 місяці тому

came for the title 🤣 stayed for the awesome music, beautiful, thank you!

@Chrysamer77 26 днів тому

Really good choice of songs. Thank you

@j.hapresentsthenightshift3973 Рік тому

Thank you for this 💚

@hellooooooooo3956 2 місяці тому

This was amazing, thank you.

@finnthehuman004 2 місяці тому

using this to study !! love it thank uuu

@aaaduccs6667 Рік тому

Ohmygod yess thank u for the Chinese music, been trying to find a playlist like this for quite some time

@mariaaaa1128 Рік тому

Beautiful, can't wait for more eastern music ~ there's Wagakki band if you're interested in folk Japanese music mixed with metal.

@suchnothing Рік тому

I am, in fact, interested in that very niche sounding genre. Thank you.

@Imobviouslyunfamous Рік тому

Another great playlist by nobody. Thanks for always putting these together

@RiverFlows_ 2 місяці тому

amazing playlist :) thank you

@davina4466 Рік тому

going to listen to this while studying science and chemistry lol

@yuzubeans9011 Рік тому

Chinese music is so beautiful, thank you for providing us such a gorgeous playlist, was wondering if you could do one for us med school students.

@MariaPerez-wv4we Рік тому

I need a part 2 of this one. I trully love the whole atmosphere.

@EdwardTMadrigal Рік тому

That title is *chef’s kiss* perfection! 😎✨

@renatoalcides5104 Рік тому

Such an elegant selection and a good example of the refined chinese culture. It is indeed a blessing to find.

@ID-nvm Місяць тому

I listen to this a lot while reading books, or when I'm in a loud restaurant sitting with my headphones in. I love it so much, nothing like a hot cup of tea and this!

@clamheadisme 2 місяці тому

LMAO the title lowkey caught me off guard but I really like the playlist!!

@kedarjoshi9589 Рік тому

I LIVE FOR THESE TITLES AND THE MUSIC

@vorsichtig1235 Місяць тому

Interesting fact: much of the music presented here is not actually ancient Chinese music but was written within 100 years. The Flickering of the Candle Flame (烛影摇红) was written by Liu Tianhua(刘天华) in 1932. Moonlight Reflected On The Er-Quan Spring（二泉映月）was written by Abing（阿炳） and recorded in the 1950s, the written year is unknown but no more than 30 years before it was recorded. The Fisherman's Song at Dusk（渔舟唱晚） was written by Lou Shuhua（娄树华）in the 1950s. The Sorrow of Lady Zhaojun（昭君怨）was originally a song written by Liang Ping（梁萍） in the 1940s.

@gtg488w 4 дні тому

The name of this playlist is exactly why I love UKposts.

@blue_ivez2222 Рік тому

I love how this channel chooses music that actually suites the title well

@xinyuanchen6281 Рік тому

really appreciated this! and the title lol

@deadfredd1764 Місяць тому

thank you for this

@laylarahman11 Рік тому

Thanks for saving my day.

@thatguyinthewindow9856 Місяць тому

HOLY MOLY THANK YOU LITERALLY BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE PERFEECT XIANXIA READING PLAYLIST AND I'VE FOUND IT 3 YEARS LATER

@galanthusnivalis3204 29 днів тому

the title is so oddly specific and I love it

@metatrongroove2824 Місяць тому

title of this playlist goes hard.

@nardareyes8269 Рік тому

Excellent title for an exquisite Playlist thank you so much!

@deanasaurs Рік тому

I’m grateful for this

@abbasalchemist Рік тому

This is amazingly entertaining. What a title--

@blebblubbleb 2 місяці тому

Yo this is fire dude

@water6133 Рік тому

This sound so good!

@MR-cw2gy 2 місяці тому

You absolutely win for one of the best titles ever

@robbabcock_ Рік тому

Beautiful!

@kneegoblin4352 Рік тому

I love the ehru, one of, if not the, most beautiful instrument I have ever heard.

@juneraphsody 2 місяці тому

Thank you ! I adore and love Chinese culture sm ❤

@Pilot333 2 місяці тому

I'm here for the title of the video alone.... Such poetry in that thought

@robertocumpat7484 Рік тому

i love this chinese ambient playlist !!

@daichideer3588 2 місяці тому

people who make playlists like these give me life

@caseinnitrate5515 Рік тому

I love this title, and the music, so much

@Hallucinationism 2 місяці тому

Great music. Thank you very much

@shijiezhao3681 2 місяці тому

wow man you really evolved!

@alicedawnphelan293 Рік тому

Ah, I see you found a suitable title. Keep up the great work!!

@mw1327 Рік тому

Thank You! Has there ever been a time on this Earth when EVERYONE can hear so much of the beautiful, melancholy, terrifying, inspiring, goose-bump making sounds our civilization has created? And you give it ALL to us every day. wow. Thanks again.

@jeannettekunzen8622 2 місяці тому

What an amazing journey. I'm speechless.

@grubbinvgm Рік тому

I was freaking out for a while because I swore I recognized some of these songs -- sure enough many are taken from the Civ 6 soundtrack! Very cool.

@ziyuzhang7116 2 місяці тому

They are not taken "from" the civ 6 soundtrack. Most of these are ancient tunes and civ 6 arranges in a modern sense/plays them as part of the soundtrack.

@satireamme Рік тому

These titles just keep getting better

@theAllucard 2 місяці тому

Can anyone provide any similar playlists to this one? I really like the music in the sense that it's not like the other ones that just play a melody on repeat or do those "3234223 mHz frequency" types of things. This is genuine, high quality Chinese instrumental music.

@willy-xq8lq Рік тому

i'm russian writing in english about these amazing chinese playlist, that i've listened, while i was doing my ancient greek literature homework :)

@astolfosobrelaluna.3099 Рік тому

Beautiful painting 🌌🎼🔥🛐

@xxaavviieerrrrr Місяць тому

LOLLL I LOVE THIS THANKSSSS

@k.ashutoshbaitharu3964 Рік тому

This stuff is Gold!

@JM-hd7hm Рік тому

Brooo This one is gonna be fantastic

@mooninaria 3 місяці тому

lei qiang and hong ting totally dominating this playlist!!

@CDS255 День тому

"Remember, if you shoot for the stars but land on a mountaintop, you have failed completely." -Asian parents, probably.

@scholarisoxfordiensis Рік тому

this is perfect for my chinese philosophy classes:) thank u

@byan1988 2 місяці тому

oh this is just goated

@streampunksheep Місяць тому

you make such kick ass titles

@spmoran4703 Рік тому

Its gorgeous.

@mlijah2730 2 дні тому

Someone asked for the difference between Korean, Japanese, and Chinese written language, so I'll just post this as a general lesson: Chinese script uses ONLY the characters that everyone recognizes, either in traditional or simplified form. ex: 一二三. Japanese uses these in combination with letters from two alphabets (hiragana for native words, katakana for borrowed words). ex: 私のノト. Korean uses SOME of these characters, but is very easy to tell apart because most everything is composed of hangul, the Korean alphabet. ex: 안녕하새요.