Clear tea in hand, accompanied by Qin and Se, naturally adds an elegant mood. Today, I recommend ten classic Guqin songs for everyone. You may wish to listen to them when making tea.
1. "Drinker"
A classic piece of guqin music, written by Ruan Ji.
2. "Ou Heron Forgetting the Machine"
Combining lyricism and simulation, it has an extraordinary emotional appeal. Implicit and natural, quiet and light, full of complacent vitality and fun.
3. "Chun Xiao Yin"
"Chun Xiao Yin" was first seen in "Xi Lu Tang Qin Tong" in the Ming Dynasty, showing the thriving scene of spring.
4. "Drunken Fishing and Singing Evening"
In "Xilutang Qintong", it is recorded that Lu Luwang and Pi Rixiu were boating on the Songjiang River, and when they saw the drunk song of the fisherman, they wrote this song.
Drunk - drunkenly looking at the chaos of the world;
Fishing - put it into fishing and firewood for thousands of years;
Singing - laughing proudly with smoke clouds, strange sounds and witty;
Late--Old Yanbo, who can provoke idle troubles!
5. "Jie Stone Tuned Orchid"
The earliest extant guqin score is the only written score, which is said to be composed by Confucius.
6. "Eye"
"Enai" is a famous piece of Chinese guqin. The music is melodious, fresh and timeless, expressing emotions with the imagery of landscapes, but it is unintentional, and the green true meaning of landscapes is rare.
7. "Mountains and Flowing Water"
"High mountains and flowing water" is a metaphor for a confidant or a bosom friend, as well as a sublime music. "A confidant is rare in life, and a confidant through the ages is the most difficult to find. Boya plays the piano when he meets his son, and the mountains and rivers rhyme."
8. "Putting the Clothes"
"Dao Yi" is said to have been written by Pan Tingjian in the Tang Dynasty. In the cool autumn season, women in every family rush to make winter clothes for their relatives, so they need to make clothes, so it is also known as "Autumn Pestle" and "Qiuyuan". The music expresses women's longing for their distant relatives. Yang Yan's "Sounds of Ancient Times" analyzes the content of its music: "In the beginning, you feel the autumn wind and smash your clothes", "then it hurts the apricots of fish and geese", and "in the end, the soul of the dream is flying in the north of the Saibei".
9. "Wen Wang Cao"
This piece was originally used to sing praises to King Wen of Zhou, but it was later regarded as a piece of praise for Confucius' virtue.
10. "Three Alleys of Plum Blossoms"
"Three Lanes of Plum Blossoms", also known as "Introduction to Plum Blossoms", "Plum Blossoms Song" and "Introduction to Yu Fei", according to the "Taiyin Supplement" and "Jiao'an Qin Score", it is said that it was originally composed by Huan Yi of the Jin Dynasty. The first flute piece, later adapted to Guqin piece. Through the white fragrance and cold resistance of plum blossoms, the music expresses feelings through objects and sings praises for people with noble morals.