The history of guqin can be traced back to three thousand years ago. The Book of Songs contains 305 ancient music songs from BC 165438 to the 6th century (written in the middle of the 6th century), which fully reflects the widespread spread in Qin Le at that time. Such as My Fair Lady, male prostitute (Guan Luo); "harps and harps are in the imperial palace, so they are all quiet and good" ("cock crow"); "I have guests, playing the pipa" ("Luming Literature"); "Playing the harp and protecting the ancestors" (Fu Tian), etc. It shows that Qin Le is not only used for banquets and private affairs between men and women, but also used for sacrifices together with drums and other musical instruments. In the Book of Songs, "the chair is painted with the piano, and the piano is cut with the instrument", which also points out that the materials used to make the piano at that time are not much different from today. 1978, among the musical instruments unearthed from the tomb of Zeng Houyi in the Warring States Period (433 BC) in Sui County, Hubei Province, there was a ten-stringed piano. Except the number of strings is different, its structure, shape, panel, bottom plate, moon mountain, stringed instruments, goose's feet and the method of tying strings are exactly the same as those of today's Tang Qin and Qin Song. A lyre was also unearthed from the Western Han Tomb in Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan Province, which is the same as the tomb of Zeng Houyi except for the number of strings. They should be the predecessors of the late Qin Dynasty. Their excavation confirmed the historical facts of pre-Qin Qin music recorded in the literature.
Qin Le had an indissoluble bond with the literati from the beginning, and the Book of Rites under Quli stipulated that "the literati should not cut (remove) the piano and musical instruments without any reason". Confucius, revered by the people of China as "the teacher of all ages", is not only a great thinker and educator, but also an outstanding musician. He likes piano music very much. He once studied the piano music "Wang Wen Cao" from Xiangzi, and studied it carefully and practiced it repeatedly. He also wrote the piano song Cao Cao in memory of the murdered Zhao Erxian. He was the first person to establish a private school and open the door to the whole society. The Book of Songs and music are his most important courses. He himself once sang all the songs in The Book of Songs, playing and singing them one by one with stringed instruments such as Qin. Critics say that Confucius and his students are "inspired by string songs" all day, hoping to rule the world. One of his students really achieved the "rule of string songs" in a city (Wucheng), and Confucius was happy to hear it. For thousands of years, Confucius' thoughts have profoundly influenced the people of China. His love for Qin Le has become an example for later scholars to follow, and Qin Le has also developed into a unique category of China traditional music, namely "literati music". "Literati music" refers to a kind of music created, loved and passed down by literati. Its musical style pursues elegance and beauty, and it is also a kind of exquisite culture. Today, there are more than 3,000 guqin songs, almost all of which are related to the life of literati, and most of them sing about nature and life, which has a strong literati tendency and rich cultural connotation. The Music History of Qin Dynasty can also be said to be the music cultural history of China ancient literati. Qian Qian's ten thousand pieces of piano music fully reflect the mental journey of literati, and its cultural and historical value cannot be underestimated. Therefore, although Guqin art does not belong to a specific geographical area or a specific era, it is expressed by the most special literati group in China society, especially in ancient China, and it summarizes the most essential artistic heritage in China's cultural and historical creation.
What needs to be reminded is that no matter whether you collect ancient pianos or antique pianos, you must inspect ancient famous pianos and engrave them. Since ancient times, all famous pianos have been handed down from generation to generation. Modern people not only innovated the style of guqin, but also inherited the tradition of guqin lettering. For example, in 2003, Guardian auctioned the guqin engraved with the word "Wang", which would not have sold for a sky-high price. Therefore, "the antique new piano of today's famous artists also has immeasurable appreciation potential."
However, some experts have raised objections to the collection value of guqin. Experts believe that due to the age, some guqin functions are being lost, which affects the price of guqin; At the same time, there are very few people who know how to play guqin, which makes the public's familiarity and attention to guqin very low. In fact, guqin is not a popular musical instrument since ancient times, but an elegance of emperors, nobles and cultural figures. It is the highest spiritual demand pursued by most literati-piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, piano first! However, it will always be a narcissistic guqin, so let's wait until he knows his bosom friend. When a bosom friend comes out, the sky-high price is hard to find.
"handed down from generation to generation, as thin as hanging silk." Due to the special way of inheriting traditional crafts in China, Qin's excellent experience has been passed down from generation to generation through "oral instruction". They still have far-reaching significance and value for today's musical instrument making. At present, there are more than 1000 pieces of ancient qinchuan that can be tested. They are precious cultural relics, and they also have high aesthetic value in modeling and painted broken lines. The inscriptions on the Qin Dynasty also provide valuable materials for the textual research and research of art, calligraphy, literature and history.
"handed down from generation to generation, as thin as hanging silk." Due to the special way of inheriting traditional crafts in China, Qin's excellent experience has been passed down from generation to generation through "oral instruction". They still have far-reaching significance and value for today's musical instrument making. At present, there are more than 1000 pieces of ancient qinchuan that can be tested. They are precious cultural relics, and they also have high aesthetic value in modeling and painted broken lines. The inscriptions on the Qin Dynasty also provide valuable materials for the textual research and research of art, calligraphy, literature and history.