String Plate Tunes: Sun Zhuo's Guzheng Performance
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"Chordboard Tunes" is created using the Shaanxi folk rap music "Chordboard Tune" as the material. "Xianbanqiang", popular in the western region of Shaanxi Province, consists of stringed instruments "two strings and three strings", as well as boards and singing, so it is called "Xianbanqiang". It has been passed down from generation to generation in the form of shadow puppet singing since the Song Dynasty. The authentic string plate cavity shows the beauty of masculinity, which is close to oral chanting. This video is performed by virtuoso Sun Zhuo guzheng.

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Sun Zhuo, born in 1976 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, is a guzheng player. Since childhood, he has studied Guzheng with his mother, Qu Yun, who is a famous guzheng player, a representative of the Qinzheng genre, and known as a national player. Not only has he mastered the style of the Qin School, but also has a solid foundation for other styles of the Northern School.
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Guzheng (pinyin: Gǔ Zhēng), also known as Hanzheng and Qinzheng, is an ancient national musical instrument of the Han nationality and is popular all over China. It is often used for solo, duet, instrumental ensemble and accompaniment of song and dance, opera and folk art. Because of its wide range, beautiful timbre, rich playing skills and strong expressiveness, it is known as the "King of Music", also known as "Oriental Piano", and is one of the unique and important national musical instruments in China.

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