THE faint strains of the guqin (or quzheng) fills the air and the ancient walls seem to settle in with a sigh. Ah, the familiar sounds of the musical instrument of traditional China’s educated elite. The guqin was believed to be the instrument best able to link man and cosmos, to harmonise heaven and earth; some even claimed it could summon ghosts, cure disease, make birds dance, and fish fly.
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