Chinese Flute Art And Teaching Development

More than one hundred years have passed since flute entered into China at the end of 19^th century and at the beginning of 20^th century. In particular, since the eighties after The People's Republic of China was founded, the flute art of China has made a significant progress. This paper intends to investigate the inheritance as well as the contributions of young and old artists of different ages who were involved in performing, teaching, and creating flute music in China. The investigation is conducted from four different aspects: (1) the routes via which flute entered into China, (2) the core people who were involved in the development of flute art in China, (3) the current status of the development of flute art in China, (4) my own opinion on the development of flute art in China. The investigation is based on my study experiences, my flute performances and teachings in China over a period of more than ten years as well as based on comparing the differences and the strong and weak points of flute art development between China and Europe. One aspect is to sort out the historical development of flute art in China; another aspect is to state my opinion and make suggestions by combining the status of current development. The purpose is to let all the people in China whose work involve in flute art to understand as far as possible the positive achievements of flute art gained under Chinese unique historical background as well as the challenge and inadequacy which are currently faced or will probably be faced.