Welcome to the International Qin Society!
歡迎光臨到國際琴社!

The guqin is one of the oldest musical instruments still in use, and embodies China's indigenous classical tradition. With a vast and ancient repertoire, a staggering array of interpretive techniques, centuries of theory from the technical to the metaphysical, and intimate relations with China's other arts (poetry, painting, calligraphy, qigong...), the guqin constitutes one of the world's richest and most challenging musical heritages.

...yet, for precisely these reasons, it has never been a "popular" instrument, and remains little-understood even in China. Many of us qin lovers lie scattered over the earth, finding instruction and companionship hard of access. All the more welcome, therefore, to this hub of international friendship and exchange! Come and join our discussions with qin players and ethnomusicologists all over the globe as we delve into topics less talked about!

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If you have any questions regarding the qin, please do not hesitate to post them here and one of our esteemed qinologists will promptly answer your call within a day or even within hours. Unlike the other qin groups, we are the most active since we are the first and largest Facebook guqin group (incepted on the 22nd October 2006) and thus we august ones all congregate here.

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『爲我一揮手，如聽萬壑松』 李白
"One flex of the hand sounds the myriad pines of the valley." - Li Bai

『半個《平沙》走天下』 劉少椿
"Half of 'Wild Geese' will take you around the world." - Liu Shaochun (read less)

Welcome to the International Qin Society!
歡迎光臨到國際琴社!

The guqin is one of the oldest musical instruments still in use, and embodies China's indigenous classical tradition. With a vast and ancient repertoire, a staggering array of interpretive techniques, centuries of theory from the technical to the metaphysical, and intimate relations with China's other arts (poetry, painting, calligraphy, qigong...), the guqin constitutes one of the world's richest and most challenging musical... (read more)