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Traditional flutes in an urban mangrove pavilion

15 Li Xin Xiang, Tianya Qu, Sanya Shi, Hainan Sheng, China, 572000

A field recording by connorwalsh made in Sanya, China on 8 April 2017, in the evening. Soundscape: wind, rivers, streams & waterfalls and birdsong & dawn chorus.

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Recordist's notes

On a pavilion walkway outside a fragment of mangrove forest in Sanya city, an older couple play a traditional wind instrument to notation taped to a wall. Birds sing in the mangroves, and the occasional fish jumps in the river, while traffic rumbles and beeps past according to the traffic lights. Recorded on Sony PCM-M10 with built-in microphones.

Written by connorwalsh on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Sanya is a city of about 1,031,396 people in Hainan, China.

Equipment mentioned: Sony PCM-M10. A pocket recorder famous for its low self-noise and long battery life.

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