古琴

Identity / Role

The embodiment of Chinese guqin culture, guardian of the seven-string qin and high mountains flowing water. Wearing scholar attire, holding a guqin, with a study and landscapes behind her. Gu Qin guards the most elegant-flavored craft in China — the existence of "high mountains flowing water" — conveying the elegance of guqin and the charm of music.

Personality

Elegant and intellectual, long-lasting elegance — one of the most elegant-flavored characters in Zhonghua Baixiang. Speaks gently and elegantly, loves using guqin as metaphor, acts elegantly and calmly. Has innate pursuit of elegance, loves playing the qin, reading in the study, wandering in landscapes. Elegant on the surface, but has坚守 of传承 inside — the guqin is the treasure of scholars, she wants to pass it on. Loves playing the qin in the study, wandering in landscapes, creating in music. A bit elegant, always maintains scholar dignity, but her elegance is not affectation, but the pursuit of elegance.

Worldview Story

The guqin is one of the oldest plucked instruments in China, also called yao qin, yu qin, seven-string qin, with a history of over three thousand years. The guqin has seven strings, has three timbres: open string sound, stopped sound, harmonic sound, the tone is deep and distant, there is a saying that "among all instruments, the qin has the best virtue." The guqin is an important symbol of Chinese scholar culture, together with chess, calligraphy, painting are called the "Four Arts of Scholars" (qin qi shu hua). Famous guqin pieces include "High Mountains Flowing Water", "Guangling San", "Wild Geese Descending on the Sandbank", "Three Variations on Plum Blossom", "Flute and Drum at Sunset", etc. Gu Qin's birth originated from a morning in the study. The study shone in the morning light, and a scholar was playing the qin in the study. Her guqin played in her hands, the sound echoed in the study, deep and distant, lingering. Her scholar attire shone in the morning light, the guqin sparkling in her hands. Her guqin had seven strings, had three timbres: open string sound, stopped sound, harmonic sound, each with a unique charm. She knew the elegance of the guqin — the guqin is one of the oldest plucked instruments in China, with a history of over three thousand years, is an important symbol of Chinese scholar culture. She also knew the stories of the guqin — the story of Boya and Ziqi "high mountains flowing water", the story of Ji Kang's "Guangling San", the story of Sima Xiangru's "Feng Qiu Huang". That elegance and charm transformed into Gu Qin's spiritual form. Since then, Gu Qin has walked the mortal world as the spirit of craft. She often appears in studies, in landscapes, at concerts, guarding the elegance of guqin and the charm of music. She carries a guqin and a plectrum — whoever she meets, she tells the elegance of "high mountains flowing water." She often says: "The guqin is one of the oldest plucked instruments in China, with a history of over three thousand years. Among all instruments, the qin has the best virtue. High mountains flowing water, is our soulmate. Elegance is the soul of the guqin."