Guqin
OriginChina
Year500 BC
FamilyString
About the Guqin
A seven-stringed plucked zither. Over 3,000 years of Chinese history. The instrument of scholars and sages. Seven strings with no frets or bridges. Over 1,000 playable harmonics. The most revered instrument in Chinese culture. Confucius was a guqin player.
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