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 ...

He works in mysterious ways.

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 ...

Huang Fuzhao, a master maker of guqin, the Chinese seven-stringed zither, tunes one of his instruments at his workshop in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. ZOU ZHONGPIN / CHINA DAILY Few would think of ...

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 ...

Gently flicking fingertips, a millennium-old antique musical instrument and tune that has been sought after by literati since ancient China intertwine with each other, captivating the attention of an ...

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 ...

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, ...

A Chinese music instrument Guqin is seen on display in the Museum of Gusli and Guqin in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 12, 2020. The Museum of Gusli and Guqin -- traditional Russian and Chinese music ...

Made by veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Lau Shing-hon over 10 years, MUSIC BEYOND SOUND tells the story of an unlikely guqin master. In 1974, John Thompson, an American, went to Taiwan, then Hong Kong, to ...