The guqin is a Chinese zither, a plucked instrument 120cm-130cm (47 inch-51 inch) long with seven strings. It is one of the oldest instruments in China, dating back 3,000 years.

Originating nearly 2,500 years ago, the guzheng is a traditional Chinese zither, a stringed instrument featuring up to 21 movable strings and bridges. The ancient instrument was the exact piece ...

Ancient Chinese music features a distinctive sound, enriched by the centuries-long use of string instruments such as guqins and erhus, various types of flutes, and even an ancient organ-like ...

Wu Man, the internationally renowned player of the pipa, a traditional Chinese stringed instrument, joins the New Haven Symphony Orchestra to solo on Du Yun’s pipa concerto “Ears of the Book.” ...

such as the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra - still fall under one of the eight categories. The silk category covers all stringed ...

"Guqin helps me find inner peace," said a lawyer surnamed Ma, who had come all the way from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Ma started learning the instrument five years ago, driven by a ...

with a new work that sets out to revive the sound of five ancient Chinese woodwind and string instruments: the chiba, five-string pipa, xiqin, bili and lusheng. The Five Muses of Dunhuang takes ...

Piano lessons for children were all the rage not too many years ago, but that trend seems to have withered, while lessons in traditional instruments like the Chinese zither, bamboo flute, and the pipa ...