1. In ancient times, playing the piano (mostly Guqin), playing chess (mostly Go), calligraphy, and painting were skills that literati and poets (including some famous ladies) must master for self-cultivation, so they are collectively called Qin. Chess, calligraphy and painting. Nowadays, it is often used to express personal cultural quality.
2. Qin and harp. According to literature, Fuxi (2400BC-2370BC) invented the harp and harp. The harps are all made of sycamore wood, with hollow cavities and silk ropes as strings. The Qin originally had five strings, but later it was changed to seven strings; the harp had twenty-five strings. It can be seen from the number of strings that the volume of the zither is larger than that of the qin.
3. Go, according to literature, Yao and Shun (2205BC-2110BC) invented Go. Go was called "Yi" in ancient times, which means "you throw a piece and I throw a piece." The name "Go" means "a chess game that uses encirclement and counter-encirclement tactics to determine the outcome."
4. Calligraphy is a unique art form in the Chinese character culture circle. Calligraphy emerged after the invention of Chinese characters. According to literature, Chinese characters were invented by Cangjie, the historian of the Yellow Emperor (2337BC-2307BC).
5. Painting was produced before the invention of writing, and may also appear at the same time as calligraphy (the ancients said that "calligraphy and painting have the same origin"). The earliest professional painter mentioned in the literature was "Huoshou", the sister of Emperor Shun (2162BC-2110BC).