White-collar workers learn playing the guqin (Chinese zither) at You Huang Li guqin salon. Nowadays, more and more white collars in pursuit of a slow life show great interest in traditional Chinese ...

The Chinese zither, called guqin, has existed for over 3,000 years and represents China’s foremost solo musical instrument tradition. Described in early literary sources and corroborated by ...

To tai chi master Guo Huaisheng, music floats from a guqin (a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family) like mist while melodies run from a piano like rainfall. "A great ...

Xu Bing arranges the strings of a "Guqin" at his studio in Xuchang Village, Lankao County of central China's Henan Province, Aug. 21, 2019. Xu Bing, born in 1991, is a villager in Xuchang Village of ...

Huang Fuzhao, a master maker of guqin, the Chinese seven-stringed zither, tunes one of his instruments at his workshop in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. ZOU ZHONGPIN / CHINA DAILY Few would think of ...

Sun Haopeng plays virtuoso. The guqin and its music, with a history of 3,000 years, are kept alive thanks to the devotion of generations of musicians. WANG JING/CHINA DAILY Wu, born in Changshu, ...

Made by veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Lau Shing-hon over 10 years, MUSIC BEYOND SOUND tells the story of an unlikely guqin master. In 1974, John Thompson, an American, went to Taiwan, then Hong Kong, to ...

Click the photo and watch the video. NANCHANG, March 20 (Xinhua) — The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua plays Guqin at a ...

A Chinese music instrument Guqin is seen on display in the Museum of Gusli and Guqin in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 12, 2020. The Museum of Gusli and Guqin -- traditional Russian and Chinese music ...

Guqin is a Chinese 7-string zither. It has a long history dated back 3000 years. It is a spiritual and meditative instrument and often used to accompany poets. In this concert, guqin master David Wong ...

UK Chinese Ensemble members pose in front of London’s Tower Bridge after a performance in 2022 (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY ) During the afternoon of the second Saturday of every second month, musician ...

Guqin : a plucked seven-string instrument created in ancient China (China Daily) Wandering sounds, irregular rhythms and a carrier of gentle emotions. This is the musical language of guqin, a plucked ...