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, ...

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 ...

Behind a wooden door with copper nails and just beyond a bamboo curtain, musical scores written in Chinese calligraphy hang on a wall. The clean, pure sound of a stringed instrument greets the ear.

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 ...

Chinese Guqin, a seven-stringed bridgeless zither, was invented thousands years ago and has been included as an item in UNESCO’s Oral and Intangible Heritage project. Mr Wang Peng, a master maker and ...

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 ...

The ancient sounds of the guqin as played by Master Yang Qing. Speaking through a translator, he says the soft, elegant sounds of the seven-stringed guqin are designed to promote love. "The sounds of ...

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 ...