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 ...

Chinese Guqin, a seven-stringed bridgeless zither, was invented thousands years ago and has been included as an item in UNESCO’s Oral and Intangible Heritage project. Mr Wang Peng, a master maker and ...

The Chinese guqin is a seven-stringed zither without bridges. It has a history of over 3,000 years and is a symbol of the Chinese musical tradition. More than 100 teachers and students from Russia, ...

Musical archaeologists urged greater efforts yesterday to ensure that the ancient art of the guqin is preserved for future generations. The guqin, a seven-stringed zither, is China's oldest stringed ...

About a year ago, guqin (Chinese zither) player Sun Ying and singer Yang Huahua met by chance at Modern Sky, one of the country's largest record companies, in Beijing, where both were working on their ...

The China Guqin Art and Lifestyle Exhibition at the Ningbo Museum of Art Photo: Courtesy of Li Li The Juntianfang Studio kicked off the first leg of a free exhibition tour featuring the art of the ...

Wang Bing works on Guqin in Zunyi, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 7, 2018. The Chinese Guqin, or Chinese zither, has a history of over 3,000 years and it is a representative of Chinese music ...

This is the sixth ina series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of instrument ...

Zhang Hao plays the guqin, a Chinese zither, in Xiaoyaotou Village, Taiyuan City, North China’s Shanxi Province, May 14, 2018. The guqin is an ancient stringed-plucked instrument with a history of ...