The martial arts blockbuster Hero directed by Zhang Yimou has been a box office hit in China since its premier in late December. Anyone who has watched it may still remember the scene featuring an ...

CHONGQING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- During a gathering of amateur guqin players in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, numerous attendees eagerly queued up for a chance to play a rare piece of this ...

Zhang Hao plays the guqin, a Chinese zither, in Xiaoyaotou Village, Taiyuan City, North China’s Shanxi Province, May 14, 2018. The guqin is an ancient stringed-plucked instrument with a history of ...

To tai chi master Guo Huaisheng, music floats from a guqin (a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family) like mist while melodies run from a piano like rainfall. "A great ...

Wu Na started learning guqin at age 9, and now plays contemporary music with the ancient instrument. Photos provided to China Daily Wu Na has been playing the guqin for 23 years, and is passionate ...

Xiong Shangde (left), a representative inheritor of the skill of Tianshui guqin making, creates an instrument with his apprentice, Zhang Tao, at his workshop in Tianshui, Gansu province. [Photo ...

The qin more commonly known as the guqin is a seven stringed zither instrument with a history spanning over three thousands years in China. The preferred instrument of the sages and literati, the ...

The guqin, a 7-string zither played by ancient philosopher Confucius, is struggling to find its place among contemporary music makers in China. It is estimated that currently only 2,000 people play it ...

Xu Yachong plays the guqin in Xuchang village of Lankao county, Henan province (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY) Paulownia trees in Lankao county of Henan province stand as stoic reminders of dedication and ...