Was "Three Lane of Plum Blossoms" originally a guqin song?

Three Lane of Plum Blossoms is a guqin song.

Three Lane of Plum Blossom, also known as Plum Blossom Introduction and Jade Princess Introduction, is a masterpiece of plum blossom expression in China traditional art. According to Taiyin Supplement and Jiaoan Qinpu, it is said that it was originally a flute music written by Huan Yi in the Jin Dynasty, and later it was adapted into a guqin music. The score of Qin music was first seen in the Magic Secret Music in 1425 AD.

This song eulogizes people with noble moral integrity through the white, fragrant and cold-resistant characteristics of plum blossoms. The exotic tunes in the song are repeated three times in different positions, so it is called Sannong.

Three Lane of Plum Blossoms is one of the top ten classical songs in China.

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Ten famous classical songs in China refer to Flowing Mountains, Three Lanes of Plum Blossoms, Sunset Flute Drum, Autumn Moon in the Han Palace, White Snow in the Spring, Questions and Answers from Fishermen, Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia, Guangling San, Wild Goose in Pingsha, and Wild Goose in Pingsha.

The music content of Three Lane of Plum Blossoms has been introduced in all previous dynasties, and the flute music Plum Blossom Falls from the Southern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty mostly expresses the feelings of sadness and separation.

The melody of plum blossom in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is mostly characterized by the lofty, cold, noble and unyielding moral integrity and temperament of plum blossom. Huan Yi played the flute and played the tune of plum blossom in three ways, which was superb and later generations entered the piano. Mei is the clearest flower, Qin is the clearest sound, and the clearest thing is written in the clearest sound. If it has the rhyme of Ling Shuang, and the meaning of three tricks, it takes three overtones, and the same string is different. It can be seen from here that it was first a flute music, and then it was adapted into a guzheng music.

Today, there is a composition of Qin and Xiao in Harmony of Qin Music by Yushan School (edited by Xianzu of Qing Dynasty), which has a regular rhythm and is suitable for ensemble. In the late period of Guangling School, Jiaoan Qinpu (Qin Huai Han Ji in Qing Dynasty) had a free rhythm, and the tone modulation before the end of the song was refreshing. In 1972, Wang Jianzhong adapted it for the piano, and the tone was taken from it. The theme of the performance was Mao Zedong's Yongmei.

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