The Guqin is a seven strings zither with bass silk strings, played with an astonishing technique made of glissandos, open strings and harmonics. Here played by master Pui-Yuen Lui. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8F0G4QEQYg #rareandstrangeinstruments | Rare And Strange Instruments

Performed by: Lu Ning “Liu Shui” is an extremely expressive piece of song. It fully utilize finger techniques like “Gun”, “Fu”, “Da”, “Jin”, and “Tui” and up and down glissandro to illustrate the various state and emotion of flowing water. “When the Big Dipper points southeast at the start of summer, and everything starts to mature, it’s the Beginning of Summer.” The “Beginning of Summer” is the first solar term in summer, a time when grass and trees flourish, animals dress themselves up, and fr