Two of the Earthly Branches
{{Short description|1983 composition for string quartet by He Xuntian}}
{{Infobox musical composition
| name = Two of the Earthly Branches
| image = He Xuntian works.png
| caption = HE XUNTIAN
| composer = Xuntian He
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Two of the Earthly Branches ( 两个时辰 ) is a work{{cite news|title= He Xuntian’s Ark|url=http://www.cnki.com.cn/Article/CJFDTotal-RMYY200501015.htm
|newspaper= People’s Music |access-date=2005-01-12}}
for string quartet, composed by He Xuntian in 1983.{{cite news|title=Cover of People’s Music , 2001-06
|url=http://www.cnki.com.cn/Article/CJFDTOTAL-RMYY200106004.htm
|newspaper= People’s Music |access-date=2001-06-12}}{{cite news|title=He Xuntian
|url=http://www.cnki.com.cn/Article/CJFDTotal-YYCZ201308002.htm
|newspaper= Musical Works |access-date=2013-08-08}}
Summary
He Xuntian adopted RD Composition in his work Two of the Earthly Branches.{{cite news|title=The Compositional Concept and Theory of He Xuntian
|url=http://cdmd.cnki.com.cn/Article/CDMD-10278-2011010158.htm
|newspaper= Dissertation of Shanghai Conservatory of Music |date=January 2011}}{{cite news|title=The Music Is Etched on the Memory of All Generation
|url= http://lady.people.com.cn/n/2015/0210/c1014-26536020.html
|newspaper=People’s Daily |access-date=2015-02-10}}
The work won The 3rd prize of International Carl-Marla-Von-Weber Wettbewerbes Fur Kammermusik 1987 Germany.{{cite news|title=He Xuntian
|url=http://musicology.cn/ShowAuthor.asp?AuthorName=%BA%CE%D1%B5%CC%EF|newspaper= musicology.cn |date= March 2008}}