When was the guzheng invented?

Guzheng was invented in the Warring States Period from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC.

As early as the Warring States Period from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC, it was widely circulated in the area of Qin (now Shaanxi) at that time, also known as Qin Zheng. Counting, it has a history of more than 2500 years.

Guzheng is an ancient musical instrument in China, with a grade of *** 10. During the Warring States Period, the information quoted in Records of the Historian by Sima Qian, which prevailed in Qin Dynasty, deserves our attention. A passage about the music and dance of the State of Qin in Li Si's "The Book of Departing Guests" says: "The man who strikes the urn, knocks it, bounces it, fights it, and the one who is quick is really Qin Zhisheng.

Between Zheng Weisang, Yu Shao and Wu Xiang, they are also happy in a foreign country. It is also said that Zheng was a weapon in the Warring States period, which was used to swing vertically to attack the enemy. There is also an old saying that "Zheng Heng is happy, and the site becomes a soldier". Later, a string was added, and it was found to be nice, so it developed into a musical instrument.

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1965, Wang Changyuan successfully composed the guzheng song "War Typhoon". The appearance of Typhoon War has brought the techniques and techniques of guzheng performance to a new height, thus ending the era when guzheng can only be gently rubbed. The techniques in this song, such as sweeping four points, tight shaking and scraping, are all innovative techniques, which have been improved and improved.

In the 1970s, Zhao created and applied some new techniques in his playing practice, such as double-string transition glide, long chord, speed dial and 1/5 overtone. And break through the traditional octave symmetry mode.

A "quick fingering technology system" composed of dozens of new fingering sequences such as wheel fingering, plucking and plucking was established, which enabled the Zheng to play the fast melody of pentatonic, heptatonic and variable scale with one hand without changing the tuning, and laid a solid foundation for the Zheng to enter the ranks of regular musical instruments from colored musical instruments.

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