Let the music play

Music is a universal language and it is one of the ways to learn about another culture. To spread the teaching of Chinese music to the world, the Confucius Institute has set up the first Music Confucius Institute in Copenhagen. Mu Qian reports.

In the Chinese classic Analects, philosopher Confucius (551-479 BC) says "to educate somebody, you should start from poems, emphasize ceremonies, and finish with music".

After some 2,500 years, China is executing Confucius' idea through the Music Confucius Institute, which aims at teaching and promoting Chinese musical art in the world.