Guqin - What does it mean?
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(musical instruments) A plucked, seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family, favoured by scholars and the literati in ancient times.
* 1982 : The Times , 25 May 1982, p.10 col. C
(place ) Guqin Tai ????? (Guqin Terrace or Heptachord Terrace, etc), the name of a place in Wuhan, China.
:* 2005 , Travel China Guide (
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* (NB: these variants may be incorrect, but nevertheless may be encountered ) ** gu-qin, gu qin, gu qing, GuQinNoun
(en-noun)- Among those who will be making the Otter valley resound to the strains of the guzheng'' and ''erhu'' is Wu Wenguang, who plays a piece of music 1,800 years old on the ''guqin , an instrument known to have existed 3,000 years ago.
travelchinaquide.com, 09 September 2006)