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 ...
This is a music celebration of Grandmaster Zhang Ziqian's life in guqin. The Guqin is one of China's oldest string instruments, dating back over 3000 years. Throughout Chinese history schools of guqin ...
The Sound of the Heart in the Fingers: A Concert of Yushan Wu School Guqin Music took place at Beijing Concert Hall on Sept 13, under the artistic direction of renowned guqin (Chinese seven-stringed ...
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 ...
A rare Song Dynasty (AD 960-1279) guqin, a traditional plucked seven-stringed zither, sold for a record 136.64 million yuan ($20.52 million) at Beijing Poly's autumn auction on Dec 4. It is the first ...
Within a courtyard adorned with a lotus pond, rugged rockeries and apricot trees in the southern suburban region of Beijing, a musician with a gray beard passionately plays the guqin, an ancient seven ...
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 ...
Cheng, who has a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology, is founder of both the UK Chinese Ensemble and London Youlan Qin Society. She is also a researcher with the Chinese Music Department, University of London, ...