1, The Bell is a famous piano in the Zhou Dynasty. The sound of this piano is as loud as a clock and a horn, and it is deafening. It is said that Boya, an outstanding pianist in ancient times, once played the "trumpet" piano.
Later, the "horn" spread to Qi Huangong. Qi Huangong, the wise monarch of the State of Qi, knew temperament very well. At that time, he collected many famous pianos, but he especially cherished this "bell" piano. Once he asked his men to sing on the horn for fun, and he rang the horn bell to respond. The horn sounded, the song was sad, and the "horn sounded" played a sad melody, which moved the waiters on both sides to tears.
2. The name of the piano is "around the beam", which shows that the timbre of this piano is characterized by lingering sound around the beam. It is said that "Around the Beam" is a gift from a man named Huayuan to Chu Zhuangwang, and the date of its production is unknown. Since the detour, Chu Zhuangwang has been playing the piano all day, intoxicated with music.
On one occasion, Chu Zhuangwang didn't go to court for seven days in a row, leaving all the state affairs behind. Princess Fan Ji was very anxious and advised Chu Zhuangwang to say, "King, you are too addicted to music! In the past, Xia Jie's love for happy smiles led to his death. Zhou Wang listened to decadent music by mistake and lost his country.
Now, the king is so fond of "turning the piano around the beam" that he is not in the DPRK for seven days. Is he willing to lose his country and life? "Chu Zhuangwang smell speech lost in thought. He couldn't resist the temptation of "ring beam", so he had to reluctantly give up what he loved and ordered someone to play the piano with iron wishful thinking, and the piano was broken into several pieces. Since then, the famous piano "Around the Beam" envied by thousands of people has never been heard again.
Luqi is a piano played by Sima Xiangru, a famous scholar in Han Dynasty. Sima Xiangru originally came from a poor family with only four walls, but his poems are very famous. Liang Wang asked him to be a gift, and Xiang Ru wrote a "Jade Fu" as a gift. This poem has gorgeous words and extraordinary charm.
Liang Wang was so happy that he returned his collection of "Green Chess" pianos. Luqi is a famous piano handed down from ancient times, and there is an inscription on it that says "Tongzi combines essence", that is, Mu Tong and Zimu combine essence. If you get "green", you will get a treasure. His superb piano skills and the wonderful timbre of "Luqi" made the piano "Luqi" famous for a while. Later, "Luqi" became another name for Guqin.
Jiao Wei is a piano by Cai Yong, a famous writer and musician in the Eastern Han Dynasty. When Cai Yong was "wandering in the rivers and seas, traveling far away to the Fifth National Congress", he rescued a section of buttonwood with abnormal sound, which was not burned in the fire. He made a lyre according to the length and shape of wood, and the sound was really extraordinary. Because there are still burnt marks at the end of the piano, it was named "burnt end".
"copulation" is famous for its sweet timbre and unique production method. At the end of the Han Dynasty, after Cai Yong was killed, the "copulating" piano was still well preserved in the Royal Library. More than 300 years later, when Emperor Qi Ming was in power, he ordered people to take out the "mating" piano that had been stored for many years and play it for Wang Cuoxiong in order to appreciate the piano skills of the master of guqin Wang Cuoxiong.
Wang Zhongxiong played for five days in a row, improvising "Hate Song" for Ming Di. Wang Fengnian, a native of Kunshan in the Ming Dynasty, still collects the "mating" piano made in Cai Yong.
Extended data
According to historical records, Qin appeared no later than the Yao and Shun period. Archaeological findings are not so early. 1978 The ten-stringed piano unearthed from the tomb of Zeng Houyi at Leigudun in Suizhou belongs to the early Warring States period. However, an early Zhang Chunqiu Qin about 2700 years ago was unearthed from the tomb of Caomenwan in Guojiamiao, Zaoyang, Hubei. Qin Fang, director of Hubei Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, said that as the earliest known piano with physical evidence, the history of piano in China was about 300 years ahead of schedule.
Chinese guqin culture has a long history. According to the traditional culture of China, there are five stars in the sky, five elements on the ground and five tones on earth. According to legend, Emperor Yan discovered music at the foot of Yangtou Mountain in Jingfeng, Qinyuan, and Shennong "cut tung into a piano and the strings into silk", creating the original piano.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Famous Qin in Ancient China