The martial arts blockbuster Hero directed by Zhang Yimou has been a box office hit in China since its premier in late December. Anyone who has watched it may still remember the scene featuring an ...

CHONGQING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- During a gathering of amateur guqin players in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, numerous attendees eagerly queued up for a chance to play a rare piece of this ...

HONG KONG, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Choi Chang-sau still vividly remembers the first encounter with his master. Over 70 years ago, his father, who ran a musical instrument shop, had entrusted him with the ...

Zhang Hao plays the guqin, a Chinese zither, in Xiaoyaotou Village, Taiyuan City, North China’s Shanxi Province, May 14, 2018. The guqin is an ancient stringed-plucked instrument with a history of ...

When French ­President ­Emmanuel ­Macron visited ­China in early April, he ­enjoyed a music ­performance during his trip to Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province. The artist played ...

The history of the guqin dates back as far as 3,000 years ago. However, more young people are now bringing this ancient musical instrument back to the fore. Jacob Charles is a Mexican-American ...

Xiong Shangde (left), a representative inheritor of the skill of Tianshui guqin making, creates an instrument with his apprentice, Zhang Tao, at his workshop in Tianshui, Gansu province. [Photo ...

The qin more commonly known as the guqin is a seven stringed zither instrument with a history spanning over three thousands years in China. The preferred instrument of the sages and literati, the ...

Xu Yachong plays the guqin in Xuchang village of Lankao county, Henan province (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY) Paulownia trees in Lankao county of Henan province stand as stoic reminders of dedication and ...