Many Chinese confuse guqin and guzheng, as the latter is so often seen on TV, in high-level restaurants and other populated areas. Another reason for the lonesome condition of guqin is its high price.

In one video, six musicians, playing the guqin, guzheng (Chinese zither), pipa (a four-stringed Chinese lute), xiao (a vertical bamboo flute) and other traditional instruments, perform the theme ...

Over the years, the guzheng — roughly pronounced “goo jhung” — and its seven-stringed cousin, guqin, have ranged in size. “At the beginning, it just had five strings,” Kan said.

The dulcet tones of the guqin come with a message. Try for free. Enterprise. Log in Menu. ... a Chinese musician who plays covers of pop songs on her guzheng, has 2.3m followers on Bilibili, China ...

Event details about Guqin Worshop for Beginners in East Bay on December 11 ... David D. Wong brings his passion for the ancient traditions of China to every note he plays on both guqin and guzheng.

Workers make guzheng in a musical instrument factory in Xuchang village. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY The production cycle for handmade guzheng and guqin in Lankao usually takes eight months to two years.

The female musicians playing guqin and guzheng, another kind of plucked string instrument, wear small-sleeves coats, long skirts and wide scarves, which are the traditional style of the dynasty.

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 ...