What are the four guqin?
The four ancient China zither were Duke Huan of Qi's "Hao Zhong", King Zhuang of Chu's "Roundabout the Beam", Sima Xiangru's "Green Silk" and Cai Yong's "Jiao Wei".
Four Beautiful Sisters From Nowhere
50 Guqin
Here are some guqin songs:"White Snow in Spring,""Return,""Guan Ju,""Fa Tan,""Lu Ming,""Da Ya,""Ai Nai,""Chan Si,""Changqing,""Duanqing,""Chu Ge,""Heavenly Sound,""Sunset Cloud Forest,""Still Water Flowing Deep,""Shuidiao Ge Tou," Seven String of Bamboo Forest,"Bodhi Heart," Rain Strikes Flower Terrace,"Song of Fisherman's Light,""Farewell," Song of Lovesickness,"" Longevity,""& "Luo Mingxia Love Letter" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Egret Cup Guqin Culture Festival Guqin 12 Lectures
During the first "Egret Cup" International Guqin Culture and Art Festival in China, the Guqin Culture Forum took the twelve lectures of Guqin as the theme, and invited many authoritative experts in the field of Guqin at home and abroad to come to the scene to jointly explore the innovative path of Guqin culture inheritance and operation in the contemporary context. As one of the activities of the art festival,"Twelve Lectures on Guqin" had nearly 3 million online viewers and nearly 60,000 fans. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Sunset Guqin
The Luoxia-style Guqin was a type of Guqin with a unique appearance and cultural meaning. On both sides of the body of the zither, the clouds were undulating, just like the clouds in the sky. The back of the zither was engraved with the name of the zither, the poems of literati, inscriptions, and seals. Judging from the materials used, there were many kinds of Luoxia Guqin made of Chinese Fir, old spruce, century-old Chinese Fir, old Chinese Alpinia, and other materials. In terms of production techniques, there was a pure raw lacquer antler frost technique. In terms of strings, there were generally seven strings. The strings could be divided into steel strings (nylon-coated steel wire), traditional silk strings (made of mulberry silk), and ice strings (said to be synthetic materials that combined the advantages of steel strings and silk strings and overcome the shortcomings of both). Different strings had their own advantages and disadvantages, and could be selected according to their needs. Its size was 123 centimeters long, 20 centimeters wide, and 108 centimeters long. On the price list, there was a Sunset Style Guqin that was priced at 4550 yuan. Different guqin of the Sunset Style also had different performances in terms of timbre. For example, some of the timbre was loose, deep, and strong, with great tenacity, suitable for all kinds of people. For example, the lute of the "Colorful Phoenix Singing Qi" was painted with red paint and had extremely fine ice cracks. The first and second strings were like a bell, the sixth and seventh strings were like a golden chime, and the four strings and five emblems were like a Jie drum. "Luo Mingxia Love Letter" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Ancient 4 Guqin
The four ancient China zither were Duke Huan of Qi's "Hao Zhong", King Zhuang of Chu's "Roundabout the Beam", Sima Xiangru's "Green Silk" and Cai Yong's "Jiao Wei". "Hao Zhong" was a famous zither of the Zhou Dynasty. It was once played by the ancient zither master Bo Ya and later belonged to Duke Huan of Qi. The sound was loud, like a bell and a horn. "Rounding the beam" belonged to King Zhuang of Chu, and the lingering sound originated from the allusion of Han E's song "The lingering sound lingered around the beam for three days". After King Zhuang of Chu got the zither, he played the zither all day long. Later, he was persuaded by Princess Fan Ji, and the zither was smashed and stopped playing. "Green Silk" was a zither played by Sima Xiangru. It was said that it was black in color and had green vine-like patterns. "Jiao Wei" was personally made by Cai Yong. Cai Yong rescued a piece of Wutong wood from a fire and made this qin. It got its name because of the scorch marks on the end of the qin. It was famous for its tone and making method.
Bai Baolin Guqin
Bai Baolin was a famous China zither player. He was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province in 1952 and graduated from Xi'an Jiao Tong University. He was the vice president of the Jinling Zither Club and the consultant of the Xi'an Zither Research Association. He was skilled in making zither, and the Dragon's Roar from Withered Wood he made was the most famous. The zither he personally made was called the " Lin Qin." The kylin zither was simple and unadorned, its body slender and long. Its tone was deep, and the lingering sound was distant. Bai Baolin loved traditional culture since he was a child. In the early 19th century, he began to focus on learning the piano and studying the reproduction of ancient guqin. After he started playing the zither, he liked to collect old wood to make Dragon's Roar. If he couldn't get good wood in a few years, he would stop making it for a few years. The guqin was made by the ancient method. The wood of the embryo was naturally air-dried for about 2 years. After the embryo was made, the raw lacquer was rubbed and dry ground and water ground. The total number of times of rubbing was about 50 times, and the thickness of the raw lacquer was 3.8mm. After he finished cutting the violin, he would strictly check the tone and details of each violin. He would rather scrap the violin that he thought was unqualified than let it enter the market. Bai Baolin's zither was divided into the producer zither and the Lin zither. The key steps of the producer zither were personally carved by him, and the Lin zither was personally carved by him. There were not many in circulation on the market, and the zither base plates he made would have his own personal seal and signature. He also participated in the fourth National Guqin Music Competition. In 2000, he was invited to give a lecture on Guqin Art at Xi'an Jiao Tong University. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
A pool of guqin waves
Yichi Bo was a Shennong style zither. The body of the zither was broad and heavy, and it had a unique artistic value. The length of the body is 124 cm, the length of the hidden room is 115.2 cm, the shoulder width is 22.2 cm, the tail width is 17 cm, and the thickness is 7.6 cm. The shoulder was located at the three emblems, and the back and tail were rounded. The body of the piano was made of eight treasures gray, and the surface was coated with red and black paint, which was rich and varied in color. There was a round dragon pond and a square phoenix pond on the surface. On the back of the zither were engraved the words "Yi Chi Bo", and below it was engraved Tang Kai's Manchu and Han seal. The history of this zither could be traced back to the Yongzheng and Qianlong years of the Qing Dynasty. It was collected by the famous zither collector, Tang Kai. In 1963, after Mr. Zha Fuxi received this instrument, he invited the Central Conservatory of Music and the Beijing Guqin Research Association to appreciate it. Mr. Shen Caonong had a high evaluation of it and wrote poems to commemorate it. It was sold for 17.25 million yuan at the Poly Autumn Auction in December 2011. In the Guqin culture, Yichi Bo was not only famous for its exquisite craftsmanship and moving tone, but also because of the cultural heritage and historical heritage behind it. It witnessed the development of China Guqin culture and was also an important window for modern people to understand ancient musical instruments. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Egret Cup Guqin 2024
According to the information retrieved so far, the Haicang District Culture and tourism bureau of Fujian Province, together with Hantang (Fujian) Culture, held the first "Egret Cup" International Guqin Culture Competition in China in 2024. Zhang Ying, the guqin teacher of the Ruian Flying Deer·Eight Arts Listening to the Sound Guqin Club, won the gold medal in this competition. The students of the Guqin Club, Chen Yitong, Zhang Kexi, Dong Shuzhou, and Lou Kexin, won the bronze medal and the excellent award respectively. More detailed information about the competition was not retrieved, so it was impossible to answer accurately. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Guqin Zhongni Style
The zither style of Zhongni was also known as the Confucius style or the Confucius style. The head of the zither was a common square head. The neck and shoulders of the zither retracted into a slanted arc, the waist retracted into a square strip, the neck folded inward, and the waist folded into a straight line. The whole body was simple and generous, and the arc was round and square. It was quite the Confucian way of life. The biggest difference between it and the other zither was that it was very simple. There were only two concave folds at the waist and neck, and the rest were not decorated. There was a song in the straight, and the song was straight, reflecting the Confucian style of the mean. It is precisely because of the simple structure, the sound is elegant and pure, in line with the gentleman's voice. It was said that it was created by Confucius and belonged to the category of saints who made zither. However, there was no literature to verify this statement, but it was appropriate to use the name "Zhongni". This shape was one of the two most widely spread and commonly used shapes. Most scholars loved the Zhongni-style zither because its style was simple and unadorned. It had the air of a scholar, and its voice was neutral and peaceful. It was an elegant sound that was the confidant of most scholars. From the number of production, since ancient times, Zhongni style zither was the most cut. For example, among the more than 200 guqin contained in the "Jin Yu Qin Periodical," the Zhongni style accounted for 80%, and among the 109 guqin introduced in the "China Guqin Treasures," 62 pieces were Zhongni style, accounting for 60%. The Zhongni-style guqin, such as the "Pine of Ten Thousand Gullies" and "Jade Pot Ice" collected by the Palace Museum, were elegant, dignified, and exquisite. Their high notes were ethereal and euphemistic, the middle notes were mellow and beautiful, and the low notes were deep and tranquil. They had the same characteristics as the modern Zhongni-style guqin. In the classification of ancient zither making, it belonged to the sage making zither. Nowadays, there were many types of zither, and zither players were willing to try different shapes, but Zhongni style was still the first choice of literati. "Luo Mingxia Love Letter" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Beautiful Picture of Guqin
There were a few sources that could be used to obtain beautiful pictures of the zither. For example, in the ancient zither score <Entering Zhongnan>: Pure flowers don't need to be washed. If you can prove your true heart, there may be a beautiful picture of Zhongnan Mountain's Taoyuan Immortal World related to the ancient zither score. In addition, in the reports related to the first Guqin cultural exhibition in the Forbidden City, there were photos of many guqin such as the "Great Sage's Legacy", such as the full-body photo of the "Great Sage's Legacy", the front details, and other guqin such as the Song "Qinglai" qin, the Yuan Zhu Zhiyuan qin, the Ming "Longmen Wind and Rain" qin, and the Qing "Wanhe Songtao" qin. "Luo Mingxia Love Letter" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Introduction to the Hawaiian Guqin
The Hawaiian piano generally referred to the ukulele. It belonged to Zhiya Musical Instruments and was jointly founded by Hawaiian Chinese sound engineer Steve Che and domestic industrialist Liu Yuzhi. The ukulele played an important role in Hawaiian music culture. The famous Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo Ole was good at singing and playing the ukulele. It was made entirely of professional performance grade cedar wood and other materials. The price was 6300 yuan. There were also delivery services, 7 days without reason, and other sales services. From a historical point of view, Hawaii had a unique and long-standing culture. In the process of cultural development, the ukulele gradually became a part of its culture and was known and loved by people. It was brought to all parts of the world for many music lovers to play. [Ling Yuji: Fate of the Eastern Profound World] is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!