Visitors look at a Chinese traditional musical instrument at an exhibition named Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 5, 2009. The exhibiton opened on Saturday features some 60 objects and musical instruments which will reveal the diversity of China's musical traditions from the fifth century B.C. to the present.(Xinhua/Liu Xin)

Visitors look at a Chinese traditional musical instrument at an exhibition named Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 5, 2009.(Xinhua/Liu Xin)