P19#19 Gu Qin Chinese musical instrument (Hello China )

19 Gu Qin Chinese musical instrument (Hello China )

Long, long ago, a person was playing gu qin. A woodcutter heard the song and said,” I feel the mountains and ricers in the music”. The player was happy that man understood what is in his heart an made friends with him.

The body of gu qin is made of wood and the strings are made of silk. Playing gu qin in an elegant environment brings people back to nature. Playing gu qin can purify the soul. It represents wisdom, talent an emotion.

In 1977, a recording of Flowing Water was broadcasted on the Voyage 1 and Voyager 2 spacecrafts in outer space.