A piece of 100-year-old wood, after nearly 100 processes such as strict material selection, grooved belly, glue making, and synthesizing, was finally processed into a high-quality guqin in the hands of Tian Jinjin, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Leling City, Dezhou. Tian Jinfa adheres to the family tradition and regards violin making as a lifelong career.

The guqin is beautiful in shape, but the process of making it is very difficult. It requires chopping and chiseling with a wooden knife every day, and dealing with shavings and sawdust. A guqin is inseparable from the countless polishing of the qin master. Tian Jinjin, a qin master, said: “The craftsmanship of the qin is extremely complicated. From the selection of materials to the final winding, it is all hand-made, which often takes two years.”

The two generations of Tian’s family have played the qin. Tian Jinfa’s father, Tian Baoping, is the master of the former Beijing Dongsheng National Musical Instrument Factory. He integrated Confucianism and Luban’s craft concepts into the qin, and also integrated the idea of the qin Tao into it, and realized the art of guqin. the truth. Tian Jinfa applies the spirit of "craftsman" to all aspects of guqin production, continuously improves his technical level, and forms a unique "Tian's qin method". In his opinion, the guqin is a design that advocates nature. The guqin is about 3 feet, 6 inches and 5 minutes long, symbolizing 365 days in a year. In terms of style, shape, structure, and interior, they are all very meaningful.

The word 閫琴 sounds simple, but in the thousands of years of guqin production history, rich experience has been accumulated, and a complex and sophisticated production process has been formed. From the first step of material selection, it is necessary to strictly check the texture, density, thickness of the bottom surface, and materials of materials, and select a piece of wood that can "sing" from many rough-shaped trees.

When Tian Jinfa was a student, he used the winter and summer vacations to follow his father to learn the skills of the qin. When he was fourteen, his qin was already on the market. After graduating from university, he asked Li Wentao, a non-genetic person from Luban stool, to teach woodworking skills. Small is accomplished. Later, I concentrated on cutting the qin in my own workshop. The shape of the qin that I cut is simple, the lacquer color is warm, the tone is thick, and it is stable and atmospheric.

As for the guqin, as the oldest plucked instrument in my country, the earliest records can be found in the "Book of Songs", "Shangshu" and other documents. The "Shangshu" records: "Shun plays the five-stringed qin, sings the poems of the southern country, and the world rules." For the five strings, in the Zhou Dynasty, King Wen and King Wu each added one string, called Wenwu string, and eventually evolved into seven strings. Therefore, the guqin is also known as the wenwu lyre. "There are fifty-four styles of guqin that are common in our books. We have done some innovations and creations before. Now there are more than 200 styles of guqin, and each style has a story behind it. Like Fuxi The legend of his family can also reflect the long history of the guqin from the side." Tian Jinjin introduced that for those who are engaged in guqin making, in addition to the production skills, they also need to learn the profound history of the guqin.

In 2017, Tian Jinfa and his younger brother Tian Jinyou established Leling Yurun Jinsheng Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. in West Duan Township, Leling City. Since the establishment of the company, Tian Jinfa and his brothers have successively worked in the Guqin training site in Xingwen Community, Dezhou, Leling. Many cultural venues such as the Confucian Temple Guqin Training Class and the Guqin Cultural Center in the western section of Leling held Guqin public welfare lectures and trained countless students for free. "Many people have not had the opportunity to contact or learn the guqin, or even heard the sound of the guqin. We just want to popularize the concept of traditional Chinese culture to the vast number of fans who like guqin, so that the traditional Chinese culture can be passed on." Tian Jinyou said.

Inheriting the ancient rhyme and innovating the heart of the piano. Nowadays, the guqin chopped by "Tian's qin method" is simple in production, warm in lacquer color, thick in tone, stable and vigorous, and is very famous in the industry, which makes the Tian brothers regard guqin as life and art as a genealogy. Pursue the ancient system and restore elegance and integrity, concentrate on the guqin, and practice art with body. The ancient sound is still melodious, and the story of Tian's guqin is still being staged wonderfully.