About Guzheng
Guzheng, a.k.a. Chinese Zither, is a plucked-string musical instrument with over 2500 years of history. Among all the traditional musical instruments, the guzheng has the most beautiful sounds and retains the highest popularity worldwide.
Throughout the history of Chinese culture, people from various nationalities and cultural backgrounds have developed many different styles of playing the guzheng and guzheng music. The modern Guzheng, Koto and Kayagum are developed from the traditional Chinese zheng, making the instrument an extremely important piece of Asian musical culture.
Every style or genre of guzheng music is tied to a regional people group. The northern style includes sub-styles such as Shandong, Henan, and Shaanxi; the southern style includes sub-styles, namely Canton, Chaozhou, Hakka, and Zhejiang.
The sound of the guzheng can express the scenic countryside, a cascading waterfall, breeze, rain, thunder. People also express their feelings through the guzheng.
Throughout the history of Chinese culture, people from various nationalities and cultural backgrounds have developed many different styles of playing the guzheng and guzheng music. The modern Guzheng, Koto and Kayagum are developed from the traditional Chinese zheng, making the instrument an extremely important piece of Asian musical culture.
Every style or genre of guzheng music is tied to a regional people group. The northern style includes sub-styles such as Shandong, Henan, and Shaanxi; the southern style includes sub-styles, namely Canton, Chaozhou, Hakka, and Zhejiang.
The sound of the guzheng can express the scenic countryside, a cascading waterfall, breeze, rain, thunder. People also express their feelings through the guzheng.
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