The gǔzhēng (古筝) is a shockingly beautiful long zither from China. The name is Mandarin Chinese for "ancient zither". "Gu" is pronounced close to "goo" and "zheng" similar to "jung". …

2022年9月4日 · It is a part of the plucked (as opposed to bowed, struck, or combined) string instrument family. Made of 16-26 strings with movable bridges and 64 inches in length, it sits …

The guzheng, or gu zheng (Chinese: 古筝; pinyin: gǔzhēng) or zheng (筝) (gu- means “ancient”) is a traditional Chinese musical instrument. It belongs to the zither family of string instruments. …

A written history of the Chinese zither guzheng. Includes the earliest legends to the present changes, and looks into zither background.

2011年4月27日 · The San Francisco Gu-Zheng Music Society was formed in 1982 to promote and share the rich Chinese heritage through traditional, classical, folk, and contemporary music. Its …

The guzheng traces its roots to China before the 6th century BCE. The oldest zheng found so far dates to about 598 BCE. It was found in Guìxī county (贵溪) in Jiāngxī province (江西) in …

What is a Guzheng? The guzheng (古筝 gǔzhēng) is a Chinese plucked zither. It is a combination of two other traditional Chinese zithers, the se (瑟 sè) and the guqin (古琴 gǔqín). The se is an …

The original name for Guzheng 古筝 (pronounced goo-jung) is Zheng 筝 (pronounced jung). It is a multi-stringed instrument with movable bridges under each string. Zheng became popular in …

The Guzheng, also written as gu zheng (古筝), is a traditional Chinese plucked zither. This musical instrument is very popular in China today and many young girls like to play it. …

When the instrument was first played 2500 years ago, it was known simply as "zheng". The character "gu", meaning ancient, was added much later to honor its antiquity. So how did the …