The guqin, or qin, is a seven-stringed, classical musical instrument that is a relative of the zither family, and has a history in China of about 5,000 years. Scholars and sages considered the qin as ...

A renewed appreciation of the seven-stringed zither is as much about understanding ancient Chinese culture as it is enjoying the music When civil servant Jackel Wan Chak-kui, 28, first heard a guqin ...

Guqin player Wang Peng will participate in cultural events in Romania on June 26 and 27, sharing knowledge of the ancient Chinese musical instrument and its rich cultural history. [Photo provided to ...

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 ...

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 ...

A beloved guqin instrument often has a name, the date it was crafted, the names of the craftsman and his patron, and those of subsequent prominent owners incised onto its back board, thus giving the ...

The history of the guqin dates back as far as 3,000 years ago. However, more young people are now bringing this ancient musical instrument back to the fore. Jacob Charles is a Mexican-American ...

The martial arts blockbuster Hero directed by Zhang Yimou has been a box office hit in China since its premier in late December. Anyone who has watched it may still remember the scene featuring an ...

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 ...

When civil servant Jackel Wan Chak-kui, 28, first heard a guqin being played, he was a young boy wandering through Chi Lin Nunnery, in Diamond Hill. He remembers being entranced by the instrument’s ...