Zhong Ziqi, name emblem, word sub-period. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Hanyang (now Jixian Village, caidian district, Wuhan City, Hubei Province) was born. Zhong Ziqi's identity is a woodcutter, wearing a hat and hemp fiber, carrying a pole and holding an axe.
One day, when Boya returned to China to visit relatives, the clouds were in full bloom at night and the scenery was very charming. Looking at the bright moon in the sky, Qin was furious and took out the piano he brought. He played piano after piano on Hanshui River. Just as he was completely immersed in the wonderful piano sound, he suddenly saw a man standing motionless on the shore.
Boya looked at it carefully by moonlight, and there was a pile of dry wood next to the lumberjack.
When the woodcutter saw the piano played by Boya, he said, "This is a lyre! According to legend, it was made by Fu. " Then he told the origin of the piano. After listening to the woodcutter's words, Boya could not help secretly admiring. Then, Boya played several tunes for the woodcutter, so that he could identify the meaning. When he played the piano loudly, the woodcutter said, "The sound of the piano 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 that expresses endless running water."
Boya was very happy to hear that. No one could understand it in the past, but the woodcutter in front of him actually saw it clearly. Unexpectedly, I met my long-sought confidant, so he asked the woodcutter's name was Zhong Ziqi and drank with him. The more they talk, the more speculative they become. After a brief meeting, they became sworn brothers. Make an appointment to meet here next Mid-Autumn Festival. The two became close friends.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival the following year, Boya came to Hanyang Estuary as promised, and waited and waited, but Zhong Ziqi didn't keep the appointment, so he called Zhong Ziqi on the piano, but he didn't show up after a long time. The next day, Boya asked an old man about the whereabouts of Zhong Ziqi. The old man told him that Zhong Ziqi had died of illness. Before his death, he left his last words that he would build a grave by the river and listen to Boya's piano performance when they met on August 15.
After Zhong Ziqi's death, Yu Boya thought that there was no bosom friend 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 Boya and Zhong Ziqi's bosom friend.
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The friendship between Boya and Zhong Ziqi, two "bosom friends", touched future generations. Later, in order to commemorate them, people built an guqintai where they met. To this day, people often use "bosom friends" to describe the profound friendship between friends.
Guqintai has rich cultural connotations. There are only inscriptions in the stele gallery, such as Inscriptions on Qin Tai in Han Dynasty and Studies on Boya. Among them, Poems on Qin Tai by Song Xiang, a calligrapher in Qing Dynasty, not only have literary value, but also are rare calligraphy treasures. Guqintai covers an area of about 1 hectare. It is magnificent and colorful, with lakes and mountains, sparse forests and numerous flowers.
The story of Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi becoming bosom friends has been widely circulated among scholars for thousands of years, and the legendary color of bosom friends has added an epic page to China culture. Accompanying is sublimated into loyalty to friendship, which has become a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times.
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