古琴，原称琴，于1920年代起为了与钢琴区别而改称古琴,是中国的拨弦乐器，有三千年以上历史。古琴音域宽广，音色深沉，余音悠远。自古“琴”为其特指。初为五弦，汉朝起定制为七弦，且有标志音律的13个徽，亦为礼器和乐律法器。琴是中国传统文化地位最崇高的樂器，有“士无故不撤琴瑟”和“左琴右书”之说。位列四艺“琴棋书画”之首，被文人视为高雅的代表，亦为文人吟唱时的伴奏乐器，自古以来一直是许多文人必备的知识和必修的科目。汉文化协会希望古琴这个具有
Guqin, formerly known as Qin, was renamed Guqin in order to distinguish it from the piano in the 1920s. It is a Chinese stringed instrument with a history of more than 3,000 years. The guqin has a wide range of timbre, deep timbre, and long reverberation. Since ancient times, “qin” is its specific reference. At the beginning, it was made up of five strings, and the seven emblems of the Han dynasty were custom-made, and there were 13 emblems that marked the melody. They were also ritual instruments and musical instruments. Qin is the most lofty musical instrument in the status of traditional Chinese culture, with the view that “there is no reason not to withdraw the instrument” and “Zuoqin Youshu”. Ranked among the heads of the four-art “piano chess and painting”, the literati regard it as an elegant representative, and is also an accompaniment instrument for literati chanting. Since ancient times, it has been a must-have for many literati and a compulsory subject.
汉文化协会邀请到古琴演奏家、著名斫琴师，过云楼书院院长，郭怀瑾先生来汉协会为大家“谈琴论道”。郭先生1988年毕业于上海音乐学院，师从诸新诚、李乙、夏飞云。曾拜古琴名家林友仁先生学习古琴和斫琴。
About the Lecturer:
Master Guo Huaijin is a famous Quqin maker and master. He is a VP of the Beijing Guqin Research Association, chairman of the Beijing Guoyunlou Media Corp Ltd., and Co-founder of the Beijing Buwenfang Guqin Art Center. He has also been an Entrepreneurship Tutor in the Fine Arts Faculty of Chengdu University. In 1988 he graduated from the Shanhai Conservatory of Music, under the guidance of Zhu Xincheng, Li Yi, and Xia Feiyun. He has also studied guqin manufacturing and playing under the illustrious Master Lin Youren. He has profound understanding of guqin music, guqin aesthetic philosophy and the traditional guqin adept’s feelings about living in society.
Location: 265 W. 37th Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10036
Time: May 30, 2018 6:00pm-9:00pm
Please RSVP by May 28, 2018
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