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The Yueqin is a musical instrument of the Yi ethnic group, which is called the "stringed instrument" by the Yunnan minority, and is a must-have for adult men. There are many types of Yueqins in Yunnan, and the "Zhennan Yueqin" is the most famous one, with a long history and a clear and crisp sound.

Zhennan Yueqin has two kinds of round and oval, Zhennan is now the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Nanhua County, generally four strings or two strings, the body of the zither in the production of the nanmu or seize the wood board.

The head of the zither is mostly carved into a dragon head, with dragons and phoenixes carved on the front board, and some of the styles have small round mirrors in the middle of the zither, which must be moved up and down to make the mirrors sparkle, and the dragons and phoenixes dance, which is very meaningful.

The Yueqin is a Han plucked instrument, originated in the Han Dynasty, the total length of 62, the diameter of the speaker 36.3 centimeters, the neck and the panel of the eight or nine taste.

As early as the Han Wu Di period on the Ruan musical instruments, at that time the main playing techniques are "playing" and "pick", is the evolution of the instrument from Ruan, since the Jin Dynasty on the popularity of the folk, the Tang Dynasty began to have the name of the musical instrument, taking its shape round like the moon, sound like the piano.

The yueqin was introduced to Japan in the Tang Dynasty, and reached its peak in the 1830s, when it was banned in Japan during World War II, and then restored after the war.