Best Collection of Chinese Traditional Music - Guqin

Описание: Best Collection of Chinese Traditional Music - Guqin
Release Date: 2006
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An early musical instrument almost akin to a personal field recorder through it’s music is able to capture the sounds of ambience nature and the heavens.

The history of the guqin, an ancient Chinese musical instrument, is a long one that spans 3,000 years. Although similar, it should not be confused with another Chinese zither instrument, the guzheng, which has bridges.

Legend has it that the qin, the most revered of all Chinese musical instruments, has a history of about 5,000 years. This legend states that the legendary figures of China's pre-history—Fuxi, Shennong and Yellow Emperor—were involved in its creation. Nearly almost all qin books and tablature collections published prior to the twentieth century state this as the actual origins of the qin, although this is now viewed as mythology. It is mentioned in Chinese writings dating back nearly 3,000 years, and examples have been found in tombs from about 2,500 years ago. Non-fretted zithers unearthed in tombs from the south show similar instruments that gradually became longer and had fewer strings, but they are not named in the tombs. Chinese tradition says the qin originally had five strings, but then two were added about 1,000 BCE, making seven. Some suggest that larger zithers with many strings gradually got smaller with fewer and fewer strings to reach seven. Whether the southern instruments can be called "qin," or simply its southern relatives, is questionable. The exact origins of the qin is still a very much continuing subject of debate over the past few decades.
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Tracklisting:
01 Qu Yuan's Lament 00:00
02 The Sunny Spring 10:26
03 A Drunken Man 17:20
04 An Enjoyable Night 19:30
05 Flowing Waters 21:40
06 Autumn Reflections By The Dongting Lake 29:00
07 Thinking Of An Old Friend 32:10
08 The Evening Song of a Drunk Fisherman 39:54
09 Thrice Wearing Out the Hide 43:34
10 Falling Trees 46:18
11 Plum Blossom Melody - Three Variations 48:42