△ Click me, listening to the sound of the thousand-year-old piano to read this article is better
In a program at the closing ceremony of the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou
The elements of the guqin run throughout
When it first sounds
The picture in front of me is drinking tea and catching up with the past, and it is also a chess opponent
Today, we get to know the "leaders" in the guqin industry
Luoxia style "Caifeng Mingqi" lyre
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Wind and snow mountains and forests listen to the sound of trees
"Tangqin No. 1" is different from the selection of materials
The guqin is one of the oldest plucked musical instruments in China
There used to be ten-stringed and five-stringed harps
By the end of the Han Dynasty, it had been roughly finalized
That is, what we usually see nowadays as the lyre
△ The ten-stringed and five-stringed piano (replica) excavated from the tomb of Marquis Yi of the Warring States period (left), as well as a modern guqin. (Photo source: Zhejiang Provincial Museum)
to the Tang Dynasty
Sichuan Lei's piano making, three generations of nine people
It has experienced the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the Middle Tang Dynasty, and the late Tang Dynasty
Rewe is the most famous luthier
Legend has it that whenever a heavy snowstorm falls
And he drank the wine, and put on his robe, and put on his hat
To the deep forest of Mount Emei
Listen to the sound of the trees
If its sound is continuous and melodious, it is chosen as the material for the chopping (zhuó).
In the second year of Kaiyuan
Lei Wei made the Luoxia style "Caifeng Mingqi" lyre
And carved his name in the dragon pool on the belly of the piano
Guqin master Yang Zongji
On the back of this piano is inscribed a seven-character long poem
The first sentence is "Tang Qin's first push Lei Gong"
△ The opening two sentences of Yang Zongji's seven-word long poem are "Tang Qin is the first to push Lei Gong, and the nine thunders in Shu are the only heroes." There are also two sentences, "Luoxia antique goddess system, such as knocking the chime and hitting the bell", which describes the shape and timbre of this piano.
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Broken lines are not "broken"
It makes the sound of the piano as you wish
Guqin has a long history and many forms
The name of the form is also elegant
There are Luoxia type, Zhongni type, Fuxi style and so on
△ Zhejiang Provincial Museum collection of Luoxia-style "Caifeng Mingqi" lyre (left), Zhongni-style "Laihuang" lyre (middle), and the Palace Museum's collection of Fuxi-style "Jiuxiao Huanpei" qin.
The "Caifeng Mingqi" lyre adopts the Luoxia style
The body is vermilion
The body shape is like a wave, zigzag and symmetrical
Like a sunset, there are thousands of changes
"Caifeng Mingqi" exemplifies the "Chinese" and is regarded as an auspicious omen
This is how it is named
It should be that when you want to express the high song, it will attract the phoenix to sing in unison
The meaning is beautiful and peaceful
The broken lines on the body are the marks of time
Like flowing water, like cow hair, like ice patterns
The experience and material ratio of each guqin are different
The fracture lines formed are unique
This is not an expression that the piano is worn out
It is an important basis for guqin appreciation
With broken lines, the timbre of the guqin is more loose and elegant
Pluck as you like, round and turn as you wish
Guqin master Ding Chengcheng once said
"Anyone who knows how to do it wants to have a broken piano"
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Activating protection
Recorded a CD for Tang Qin's concert
"One or two strings are like bells,
Six or seven strings like a golden chime,
Four strings and five emblems above such as drums"
This is the guqin master Yang Zongji
Evaluation of the sound of the piano "Saiho Naruki".
After 1,300 years, will it still be playing?
Can the sound still be like a bell and a drum?
△2010 Phoenix Harmony - Zhejiang Provincial Museum Collection of Tang Dynasty Leiqin Concert.
More than 10 years ago, with the theme of "Phoenix and Ming".
A guqin recital
Zhejiang Provincial Museum Collection
"Caifeng Mingqi", "Laihuang" and other guqins
Play the music of the prosperous age
This is a bold attempt
Let the guqin in the museum no longer be silent
According to the ancient method of the Song and Yuan dynasties, experts used silk to develop strings
After winding, the sound of "Caifeng Mingqi" is clear and elegant
It has achieved the effect of Yang Zongji's account
In 2019, the thousand-year-old sound of "Caifeng Mingqi" was played again
Tang Yun has traveled through the millennium and is included in contemporary CDs
This is the revitalization, protection and inheritance of the guqin
Mountains and rivers look for soulmates
Knowing each other for thousands of miles is still neighbors
The sound of the piano is long
It opened up a wilderness
Waiting to meet you
Producer丨Tang Yi
Producer丨Wu Huifeng
Copywriting丨Field
Vision丨Zhu Lingmeng
Technology丨Ark
Proofreading丨Zhu Dongmei
Co-ordinator丨Liu Ying, Shuai Carillon
Special thanks 丨Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Zhejiang Station, China Cultural Relics News
Editor in charge: Jia Hongwei