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 ...

A pupil watches Wang Xi, a guqin teacher, playing guqin in Beibei District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, April 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhao Jiale) During a gathering of amateur guqin players in ...

Wandering sounds, irregular rhythms and a carrier of gentle emotions. This is the musical language of guqin, a plucked seven string instrument created in ancient China. The tone of a guqin is quiet, ...

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 ...

Wu Na started learning guqin at age 9, and now plays contemporary music with the ancient instrument. Photos provided to China Daily Wu Na has been playing the guqin for 23 years, and is passionate ...

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 ...

When French ­President ­Emmanuel ­Macron visited ­China in early April, he ­enjoyed a music ­performance during his trip to Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province. The artist played ...

For those unfamiliar with its rich history, dating back more than 5,000 years, the simple-looking guqin and its seven strings may not strike a responsive chord. But in the eyes and hands of Huang ...

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 ...

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 ...