Yu Boya, surnamed Yu Mingrui, was born in Yingdu, Chu (now Jingzhou, Hubei) during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Although he was a native of Chu, he worked as a doctor in the State of Jin and was proficient in the piano. As a famous pianist, Boya is good at playing the lyre and has superb skills. He is not only an expert at playing the piano, but also a composer, and is respected as a "piano fairy".
Zhong Ziqi, name emblem, word sub-period. A native of Hanyang (now Jixian Village, caidian district, Wuhan City, Hubei Province) in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Zhong Ziqi's identity is a woodcutter wearing a hat, hemp fiber, carrying a pole and holding a hatchet.
One day, when Boya went back to his own country to visit relatives, the clouds came out at night and the scenery was very charming. Looking at the bright moon in the sky, Boya Qin was furious and took out the piano he had brought with him. He played the piano one after another on the Han River. Just as he was completely absorbed in the beautiful piano sound, he suddenly saw a man standing motionless on the shore.
Boya took a closer look in the moonlight, and there was a load of dry wood beside the man. He was a woodcutter.
The woodcutter saw the piano played by Boya and said, "This is heptachord! According to legend, it was made in Fu Xishi. " Then he told the origin of the piano. After listening to the woodcutter's remarks, Boya couldn't help secretly admiring. Then Boya played several songs for the woodcutter, asking him to identify the meaning. When he played the piano loudly, the woodcutter said, "This piano sound expresses the majestic momentum of the mountain." When the sound of the piano became fresh and smooth, the woodcutter said, "The sound of the piano played after this expresses endless running water."
Boya was very happy to hear this. In the past, no one could understand it, but the woodcutter in front of him actually understood it clearly. Unexpectedly, I met my long-sought bosom friend, so he asked the woodcutter's name was Zhong Ziqi and drank with him. The more they talked about it, the more speculative they became. After a brief encounter, they became sworn brothers. Make an appointment to meet here in the Mid-Autumn Festival next year. The two became close friends.
In the Mid-Autumn Festival the following year, Boya came to Hanyang River mouth as promised, but he waited and waited, but he couldn't see Zhong Ziqi coming for the appointment, so he played the piano to summon Zhong Ziqi, but he didn't show up after a long time. The next day, Boya asked an old man about Zhong Ziqi's whereabouts. The old man told him that Zhong Ziqi had died because of illness. Before he died, he left his last words that he would build the tomb by the river and listen to the piano of Boya when they met on August 15th.
After Zhong Ziqi's death, Yu Boya thought that there was no bosom friend in the world and no one who knew him, so he smashed his piano on the bluestone and decided never to play again in this life. This is the story of Bo Ya and Zhong Ziqi's bosom friend.
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The friendship between Bo Ya and Zhong Ziqi touched future generations. Later, in order to commemorate them, people built an ancient piano stand where they met. To this day, people often use "bosom friends" to describe the profound friendship between friends.
Guqintai is rich in cultural connotation. Only in the stele gallery are inscriptions such as The Inscription of Qintai in Han Dynasty and A Study of Boya, among which the Qin Tai Title Poem written by Song Xiang, a calligrapher in Qing Dynasty, is not only of literary value, but also a rare calligraphy treasure. Guqintai covers an area of about 1 hectare, and it is magnificent and colorful, surrounded by lakes and mountains, sparse forests and flowers.
The story of Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi becoming bosom friends has been widely circulated among scholars and people for thousands of years, and the legendary color of their bosom friends has added a touching page to China culture. Companion has been sublimated into loyalty to friendship and has become a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times.
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