| Inspired by the Chinese sheng, many 18th-century makers experimented with the possibilities of free reeds. |
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| Like many other Shanghai residents, housewife Sheng Chongming has sunned clothes and quilts from her balcony for dozens of years. |
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| Viewing the figure of a tall pine tree standing at the peak of Huangshan Mountain near the scenic spot of Meng Bi Sheng Hua, who would suspect that it was plastic? |
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| The accordion is a free reed instrument and is in the same family as other instruments such as the sheng and khaen. |
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| The following day, Railways Minister Sheng Guangzu arrived in Wenzhou to coordinate rescue efforts. |
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| Another important instrument is the sheng, pipes, an ancient instrument that is ancestor of all Western free reed instruments, such as the accordion. |
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| Around 1040, the first known movable type system was created in China by Bi Sheng out of porcelain. |
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| Representatives of early Chinese Buddhism, like Sengzhao and Tao Sheng, knew and were deeply influenced by the Taoist keystone texts. |
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| The former dioceses in the now defunct Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui had their own Book of Common Prayer. |
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| The sheng and khaen are both much older than the accordion and this type of reed did inspire the kind of free reeds in use in the accordion as we know it today. |
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| In response to this insult, the Yongle Emperor sent two armies led by Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng to conquer Vietnam. |
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| It was considered the most important region of the dynasty and was directly governed by the Zhongshu Sheng at Dadu. |
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| After Ming garrisons suffered heavy casualties, the emperor sent Liu Sheng with an army. |
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| A stocky fellow with an unexpressive, cherubic face, Sheng channeled all of his brilliantly throttled emotionalism directly to his keyboard. |
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| Among the traits of superconducting materials that the tubes exhibited was the so-called Meissner effect, in which the material expels magnetic fields, says Sheng. |
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| Sheng had given me many Hami melons, and once again a cavalry of several hundred horsemen arrived for my departure, making for a spectacular send-off. |
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| Pele Mountain Resources and Chinese company Sheng Kang Ning have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a rare earth metals processing facility in Elliot Lake. |
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| Kublai's original choice of successor was his son Zhenjin, who became the head of the Zhongshu Sheng and actively administered the dynasty according to Confucian fashion. |
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| In February 2014, Worthington was arrested for assault in New York City for punching Sheng Li, a paparazzo who had been following Bingle for hours. |
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