What does "the Millennium Pipa and the Millennium Zheng" mean? What are the similarities between pipa and guzheng?

A thousand-year-old pipa and a thousand-year-old zither means that learning any musical instrument is not accomplished overnight, and it takes time and patience to learn every musical instrument. Pipa, the first plucked instrument, is a plucked string instrument. Made of wood or bamboo, the speaker is semi-pear-shaped, with four strings on it. Originally it was made of silk thread, but now it is made of steel wire, steel rope and nylon. The neck and the panel are provided with "phase" and "product" for determining phonemes.

A thousand-year-old pipa and a thousand-year-old zither mean that the pipa is not easy to learn, and the zither is relatively easy to learn. Among many national musical instruments, compared with pipa, the playing technique of Zheng is easier to master, and there has always been a folk saying that "a thousand days of pipa and a hundred days of Zheng". It means that learning and playing the Zheng is relatively easy, while learning and playing the Pipa is relatively difficult. But to be honest, it is not easy to learn any musical instrument from a musical point of view. Later, it evolved into: "A thousand-year-old pipa and a thousand-year-old zither."

A thousand-year-old pipa and a thousand-year-old zither means that learning any musical instrument is not accomplished overnight, and it takes time and patience to learn every musical instrument.

Pipa, the first plucked instrument, is a plucked string instrument. Made of wood or bamboo, the speaker is semi-pear-shaped, with four strings on it. Originally it was made of silk thread, but now it is made of steel wire, steel rope and nylon. The neck and the panel are provided with "phase" and "product" for determining phonemes. Pipa is a traditional plucked instrument in East Asia, with a history of more than two thousand years. The earliest musical instrument called "Pipa" appeared around the Qin Dynasty in China. The word "Jue" in the word "Pipa" means "two jade collide and make a pleasant knocking sound", which means that it is a musical instrument that sounds by bouncing the strings.

Zheng, also known as Zheng, Han Zheng and Qin Zheng, is an ancient traditional plucked instrument of Han nationality in China. The plucking and playing of the zither has been spread in the vast areas of the people, blending local folk music, forming local schools with different musical styles and playing techniques, deeply rooted in China folk music culture, and has been spread for more than 2, years, so it is called "Guzheng".

guzheng has a wide range, clear timbre and rich expressive force, and has been deeply loved by the public. Before the Han and Jin Dynasties, the Zheng had twelve strings, and then it increased to thirteen strings, fifteen strings, sixteen strings and twenty-one strings. The famous guzheng songs include: Fishing Boat Singing Late, Mountain Running Water, Western jackdaw Playing in the Water, Autumn Moon in Han Palace, Rain at the Banana Window, etc.