1. What is Guqin?

The oldest plucked instrument in China is the qin referred to by the four arts of "qin, chess, calligraphy and painting". During the Qin and Han Dynasties, when the guqin was at its peak, everyone in the "fishing and woodworking" people learned the qin, and the guqin was the most popular.

2. Why is Guqin a compulsory course for literati of all dynasties?

The great sage Confucius has always advocated the use of rituals and music to educate people. The "music" he said is the guqin. The literati of the past dynasties, such as Cai Yong, Ji Kang, Sima Xiangru, Su Shi, etc., used the guqin to cultivate their self-cultivation.

3. How is the Guqin made?

There are many theories, according to legend, it was Fuxi who made the qin.

4. What is the development of Guqin?

Fuxi was the first to make the qin, and then in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, "scholars did not understand the qin and selves"; the Han Dynasty guqin was stereotyped as the lyre; the earliest surviving guqin music "Youlan" appeared in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The formation of the qin school; "Qin History" appeared in the Song Dynasty; in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the first album of guqin songs, "The Magical Secret Book", there were more qin schools; Adopted by UNESCO as the "Oral Intangible Heritage of Humanity".