Henan Museum hosts a guqin concert on Saturday evening in Zhengzhou, Henan province. [Photo by Qi Xin/for chinadaily.com.cn] ...

Cheng, who has a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology, is founder of both the UK Chinese Ensemble and London Youlan Qin Society. She is also a researcher with the Chinese Music Department, University of London, ...

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 ...

To tai chi master Guo Huaisheng, music floats from a guqin (a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family) like mist while melodies run from a piano like rainfall. "A great ...

On May 28, the Chinese Garden of Serenity in Santa Luċija hosted the concert Melodies of the Silk Road: A Mediterranean Journey of the Chinese Guqin, a special celebration of the International Day for ...

The United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) proclaimed Friday 28 masterpieces including China's ancient Guqin music art as the Oral and Intangible Heritage of the ...

Made by veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Lau Shing-hon over 10 years, MUSIC BEYOND SOUND tells the story of an unlikely guqin master. In 1974, John Thompson, an American, went to Taiwan, then Hong Kong, to ...

Back in China’s Spring and Autumn Period, between the eighth and the fifth centuries B.C., a musician named Boya was alone in a forest plucking on a guqin, a seven-stringed zither, when a passing ...

UK Chinese Ensemble members pose in front of London’s Tower Bridge after a performance in 2022 (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY ) During the afternoon of the second Saturday of every second month, musician ...

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 ...