The Origin and Story of Guzheng

As early as the Warring States Period from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC, it was widely spread in the area of Qin (now Shaanxi) at that time, so it was also called Qin Zheng.

Counting it down, it has a history of more than 2500 years.

"Mountain Flowing Water", a China guqin song, belongs to one of the top ten ancient songs in China.

It is said that Boya, a pianist in the pre-Qin period, once played the piano on a barren land, but Zhong Ziqi, a woodcutter, could understand that this was a description of "towering like Mount Tai" and "surging like a river".

Boya was shocked: "Well, the child's heart is the same as mine." After Zhong Ziqi's death, Boya lost her bosom friend, broke the piano, and never played it for life, so there was a song of high mountains and flowing water.

Guzheng, also known as Han Zheng, Qin Zheng, Yao Zheng and Luanzheng, is a traditional guzheng instrument in China, belonging to plucked instruments.

It is one of the important national musical instruments unique to China.

It has beautiful timbre, wide range, rich playing skills and strong expressive force, so it is deeply loved by the broad masses of the people.

Now there are also small guzheng, portable guzheng, mini guzheng, semi-guzheng, new guzheng and twelve-tone guzheng.

Guzheng is an ancient national musical instrument, which was born and raised in this fertile yellow land with the long culture of China.

It is a plucked musical instrument, and its structure consists of a panel, a wild goose column (also called Zheng code in some areas), strings, a front Yueshan, a string nail, a tuning box, a piano foot, a back Yueshan, a side plate, a sound outlet, a bottom plate and a string piercing hole.