like a giant, the Tiantai Mountain Range in Zhejiang Province holds Tiantai County in its arms. The natural beauty of this area is plentiful with talent and music. For years Tiantai County has nurtured groups of pipa players and is known as the "home of the pipa".
Tiantai County has trained more than 200 pipa players. In 1992 the Shanghai Pipa Association and Shanghai Musicians Association sent experts to hold a pipa test in Tiantai. Among the 23 musicians who attended, four were ranked in the sixth grade (the highest), seven people in the fifth grade and five in the fourth. Experts noted: "Tiantai's standard is the same as Shanghai's." From then on, people from all parts of China came to Tiantai to learn pipa.
