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 ...

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 ...

HONG KONG, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Choi Chang-sau still vividly remembers the first encounter with his master. Over 70 years ago, his father, who ran a musical instrument shop, had entrusted him with 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 ...

KUNMING, July 23 (Xinhua) -- When Dong Jinyun tried to craft guqin with a kitchen knife at home nine years ago, he had not expected that the seven-stringed zither would become a special key to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wei Chenxin (left) and Xu Yachong perform in September in their yard in Lankao city's Xuchang village, Henan province. [Photo by SHI BAOYIN/CHINA DAILY] Half a century ago, people in Lankao county, ...