{wiki=List_of_Chinese_musical_instruments}

The main four instruments are undoubtedly:
* <guqin>
* <pipa>
* <guzheng>
* <erhu>
but there is also amazing content on others which must not be missed, including:
* <suona>
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiao_(flute)[Xiao flute]

Infinite Wikipedia instrument list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_musical_instruments

\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=algwi6TzUdU]
{title=25 musical instruments OF <China> by Learning Music Hub}
{description=Great video, covers all the most important ones briefly with examples of varying relevance.}

\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nheS1beqkmQ]
{title=A beginner’s guide to Chinese musical instruments by <SCMP>}
{description=2024. Terrible editing, way to hard to see instrument name.}

\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcfTTP8O5NA]
{title=<Chinese musical instrument>[Chinese] vs Western musical instrument battle scene from Our Shining Days}
{description=A bit cheap, but it has some value.}


Chinese musical instrument

{tag=Four arts}
{title2=seven string plucked}
{wiki}

= 古琴
{synonym}
{title2}

\Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/WenfangSibao.jpg]

\Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Songhuizong8.jpg]
{title=11th century painting of a <guqin> recital}
{height=1000}

\Image[https://web.archive.org/web/20190630002208if_/http://silkqin.com/10ideo/images/fanqinnostr.jpg]
{title=Stringless guqin <fan painting> by Feng Chaoran (1943)}
{description=
Stolen traight from http://www.silkqin.com/10ideo.htm on <silkqin.com>:
> Wind in the pines and a babbling brook are nature's melody. A qin was brought along, but there is no need to play it
The <The Gateless Barrier> vibe and <Chinese> <naturalism (art)> is just awesome.
}
{height=600}


Guqin

{c}
{tag=Ten ancient famous songs of China}

= 高山流水
{synonym}
{title2}

Composed by <Bo Ya> for the <guqin>.

But there is an awesome <guzheng> adaptation which is perhaps better known in modern times, partly because it is not as long/slow. TODO origin.

\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbCjceRPXyw]
{title=<High Mountain and Flowing Water> performed on the <guzheng> by Xiang SiHua (2000)}
{description=Performer Chinese name: 項斯華}


Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 36

 Incoming links: Guqin