The earliest piece of guqin in China, unearthed in Hubei province in 2016, dates back to the Zhou Dynasty. The body of a guqin is made of painted wood and the strings of twisted silk. A its appearance looks simple, making a guqin is quite challenging. An outstanding piece can take y to create. It is a crystallization of art and time.
The sound of a guqin is quiet, ethereal and distant. Vibrations(振动) are used to p an undulating and lasting music, with rich empty notes in between. As the listener fills in the space in their own minds, a connection is f between music and men.
The guqin was loved by the literati in ancient China. The most famous guqin m was Yu Boya in the Spring and Autumn(770-476 BC) and Warring States(475-221 BC) periods. As he played his guqin in the mountains, a woodcutter named Zhong Ziqi heard the music and understood exactly what Yu wanted to e. This deep understanding formed a strong bond between them, and they became c friends. This is the famous tale b the guqin masterpiece, Flowing Water, High Mountains. The piece has been passed down through generations and is considered one of the most famous and important w in Chinese guqin music.
The well-known story about guqin, flowing from brushed fingertips and travelling for thousands of years, is continuing to the p.
