The Zhejiang School of Guqin

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As the first musical instrument carrier of Chinese ritual and music civilization, the guqin occupies a very important position in our country's traditional musical instruments and culture.

Such as Zhejiang School, Yushan School, Guangling School, Pucheng School, Fanchuan School, Jiuwei School, etc. Today, we will introduce the Zhejiang School.

The founder of Zhejiang Guqin: Guo Mian, whose word is Chuwang.

The Zhejiang School of Guqin

A native of Yongjia (now Pingyang, Wenzhou) in the Southern Song Dynasty, his representative work is "Xiaoxiang Water Clouds". His disciple is Liu Zhifang, and Liu Zhifang's disciples Mao Minzhong and Xu Tianmin compiled the "Zixiadong Qin Score". Four generations of Xu Tianmin's ancestors and grandsons were famous qin masters, and the Ming Dynasty respected him as "The True Story of Xumen". Later generations called the Zhejiang School's genealogy as "Zhepu". On June 7, 2008, the Guqin Art (Zhejiang Style) declared by Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province was approved to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

School name: Zhejiang School, Zhejiang Pu, Zhejiang Cao

Formation period: the end of the Southern Song Dynasty

Main style: smooth and clean. unrestrained

Representatives: Guo Chuwang, Mao Minzhong, Xu Tianmin, Xu Zhonghe, etc.

Representative piano pieces: "Xiaoxiang Shuiyun", "Autumn Rain", "Flooding Waves", "Step Moon", etc. The most famous representative work "Xiaoxiang Shuiyun" is a Chinese guqin piece. The whole piece is mixed with scenes and has profound meaning. Later, it developed into eighteen stanzas and one ending after experiencing a generation of piano players. There are as many as fifty kinds of piano scores.

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Involving musical instruments

Guqin (pinyin: Gǔ Qín) is a traditional Chinese musical instrument with a history of at least 3,500 years. Guqin is also known as Yaoqin, Yuqin and Seven-stringed Qin. The guqin has 13 emblems that mark the rhythm, and is also a ritual and musical instrument. It belongs to the silk in the octave. Guqin has a wide range, deep timbre and long aftertone.

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