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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Editor's note: Guqin, a plucked seven-string zither, is one of the oldest and most revered traditional Chinese musical instruments. Known for its refined sound and deep cultural symbolism, the Guqin ...

The ancient sounds of the guqin as played by Master Yang Qing. Speaking through a translator, he says the soft, elegant sounds of the seven-stringed guqin are designed to promote love. "The sounds 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 ...