Kin Ping Meh
Encyclopedia
Kin Ping Meh is a German
rock band originally active from 1970 to 1977, and reformed in 2005. Their name is derived from the Franz Kuhn
's, German translation of the Chinese
novel
, Jin Ping Mei
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
rock band originally active from 1970 to 1977, and reformed in 2005. Their name is derived from the Franz Kuhn
Franz Kuhn
Franz W. Kuhn was a lawyer and a translator chiefly remembered for translating many Chinese novels into German, most famously the Dream of the Red Chamber.- Biography :...
's, German translation of the Chinese
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, Jin Ping Mei
Jin Ping Mei
Jin Ping Mei, or The Plum in the Golden Vase is a Chinese naturalistic novel composed in the vernacular during the late Ming Dynasty. The author was Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng , "The Scoffing Scholar of Lanling", a clear pseudonym, and his identity is otherwise unknown...
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Albums
- Kin Ping Meh (1971)
- No. 2 (1972)
- III (1973)
- Virtues And Sins (1974)
- Concrete (1976)
- Kin Ping Meh (1977)
External links
- Retrospective article
- More information of band and history
- http://www.kin-ping-meh.de/Official website (in GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
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