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 ...
Wang Bing, an inheritor of the guqin (Chinese zither) making technique, creates guqin in a studio in Zunyi city, Guizhou province, April 7, 2021. The guqin, a seven-stringed plucked instrument, has a ...
Behind a wooden door with copper nails and just beyond a bamboo curtain, musical scores written in Chinese calligraphy hang on a wall. The clean, pure sound of a stringed instrument greets the ear.