The beauty of Guqin is in shape, sound and rhythm. Guqin, condensed five thousand years of Chinese aesthetics, one string and one column, one stroke and one pick.

There is an inaudible depth and meaning in the voice of the big voice. Let us explore the ancient beauty of the guqin. The beautiful shape of the guqin is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients for thousands of years, and contains the traditional aesthetic ideas for thousands of years. A good guqin is finely crafted and has a simple and beautiful appearance.

Among all the musical instruments, except for the unearthed musical instruments such as chimes and chimes that have a longer history, only the guqin is the oldest musical instrument that has been used in the hands of people.

The use of general musical instruments usually does not exceed a hundred years, while the guqin lasts for hundreds or even thousands of years. The earlier qins currently active in the hands of qin masters are mainly the Song qin, and some are even the Tang qin. After hundreds of years of vicissitudes, these pianos have accumulated a profound historical charm and a dignified sense of history, and are full of ancient beauty.

Tangqin and Songqin have a long history, and their wood is old and old, and the sense of history is naturally born. What about the new violin? It turns out that the Xinzhuzhiqin also uses centuries-old paulownia and fir as the top panel and catalpa as the bottom panel. The use of ancient wood makes the guqin first of all have the beauty of Canggu in terms of material.

China's lacquer craftsmanship has a long history, and as early as the Tang Dynasty, the lacquer craftsmanship reached an unprecedented level. Guqin's primer is very elegant, and the moist paint film on the lacquer surface of a good qin takes a long time to complete.

Large lacquer is a pure natural paint, its chemical composition is very complex, it is not easy to dry. Large lacquer has a slow drying process, from the first rough putty to the last surface lacquer, it takes about a year or so.

Throughout the ages, there are very few good qin, not only the sound of a good qin is difficult to produce, but also the lacquer of a good qin is difficult to make. A good qin does not last for several years, and it is difficult to become a qin after being honed and repaired many times, and a good qin has to be played for many years before the sound is beautiful.

From this point of view, the complete production cycle of a guqin can reach several years. The traditional lacquer craftsmanship gives the guqin a kind of ancient beauty in the craftsmanship.

After long-term playing, the vibration of the guqin is different from the wood and lacquer bottom, and various broken lines often appear. The more common ones are snake belly broken, plum blossom broken, cattle hair broken, dragon pattern broken, turtle pattern broken, ice broken and so on.

The paint film of the lacquer process can be broken after hundreds of years, which is also determined by the very slow drying nature of the lacquer. Generally speaking, a qin does not have a broken pattern for only a hundred years, and the broken pattern varies with the age and distance, which is one of the main reasons for the collection of guqin.

Qinists believe that a broken violin has a clear sound quality and a beautiful appearance, so it is more valuable. The ancients said: "Guqin is evidenced by broken lines, and it does not last for hundreds of years." It should be said that broken lines are the most direct visual representation of the historical sense and beauty of ancient qin.

A family of qin maker Lei in the Tang Dynasty said: "Good selection of materials, deep intentions, five hundred years, with a positive tone." If the Guxu Qin master left something for future generations in addition to Zhang Zhang Guqin, it must be hidden behind the Guqin Contains, focus, skill, stubbornness, and the pursuit of perfection.