Guqin, a traditional Chinese plucked stringed instrument, has a history of more than 3,000 years and belongs to the eight-tone silk. The guqin has a wide range, deep timbre, and long aftertaste, so what do the seven strings of the guqin represent?

The first string belongs to the earth and is the palace, Saturn divides the four seasons, the string is the loudest, and the sound is heavy and respectful, so it is called the king; the second string belongs to the metal and is the business, and Venus uses seventy-two strings for the festival of autumn, so it is called the minister; the third string The wood is the horn, Jupiter is the spring festival, the string uses sixty-four threads, and it touches the ground, so it is called the people; , so it is called the thing; the five strings belong to the water and the feathers, and the strings use forty-eight threads to gather the appearance of clear things, so they are called the things; Jia Ye, Qi Xian Wu Sheng is the master of Shao Shang, Wu Xing Gang used Ying Rou, and it was added by King Wu.

The original five strings of the guqin represent gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the inner buttons are the palace, the business, the horn, the scorpion, and the feather. In the past, King Wen of Zhou added a string in memory of his deceased son Boyi Kao. When King Wu attacked Zhou, in order to increase the morale of the soldiers, another string was added, so the guqin is also called Wenwu lyre.