Yushan School of Guqin School

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Yushan School is an important school of Chinese guqin named after Yushan, Changshu, Jiangsu at the end of the Ming Dynasty. "Cooked School" or "Qinchuan School".

It was founded by Yan Tianchi, the son of Yan Ne, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, and later established China's first piano club - Yushan Qin Club. Together with his junior brother Xu Wei, they made breakthroughs and innovations in the style of piano art again and again, and entered the modern age. The Yushan School of Guqin has become more and more mature, and Changshu has also been named as the "Hometown of Chinese Guqin".

Founder: Yan Cheng, name Tianchi, styled Daoche

School name: Yushan School, Shu School

Formation period: late Ming Dynasty

Main styles: Qingwei and Yuanyuan, broad and peaceful, moderate and broad and harmonious.

Representatives: Yan Tianchi, Xu Qingshan, Wu Jinglue, etc.

Representative piano pieces: "Autumn River at Night", "Introduction to a Good Night", etc.

Important qin works: "Songxianguan Music Score", "Dahuan Pavilion Music Score", "Xishan Qinyuan", etc.

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