Ten must-listen pure music guqin pieces are as follows:

1. Xiaoxiang Shuiyun

The music score was first published in "Magic Secret Music", *** score Ten sections: mist and rain in the Dongting, tranquility in the river and Han, light and cloud shadow in the sky, water touching the corner of the sky, rolling waves and flying clouds, surging wind and clouds, blue water and sky, cold moon in the cold river, thousands of miles of clear waves, and shadows covering all things.

2. Guangling San

One of the top ten famous Chinese guqin songs. Also known as "Guangling Stop", the music was originally popular folk music in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. It is speculated to be a large-scale instrumental ballad based on Nie Zheng's assassination of the King of Han during the Warring States Period. With its majestic momentum, unique style and huge structure, it expresses an impassioned heroic spirit and is highly praised by piano players.

3. High Mountains and Flowing Waters

One of the top ten famous Chinese guqin songs. According to the records of "Magical Secret Music": The two songs "High Mountain and Flowing Water" were originally only one song. In the Tang Dynasty, they were divided into two songs, with no number of sections. It can be seen that the three tunes "High Mountain and Flowing Water", "High Mountain" and "Liu Shui" actually come from the same piano piece. However, only two scores of "High Mountain" and "Liu Shui" have been handed down so far. The existing musical score of "High Mountain and Flowing Water" is based on the surviving "High Mountain". ", "Flowing Water" is a compilation of two songs, and it is no longer an ancient song.

4. Questions and Answers about Fishermen and Woodcutter

One of the top ten famous Chinese guqin pieces. There are more than 30 versions of this song in the history of the music, some with lyrics. The music expresses the fishermen and woodcutter's enjoyment of themselves among the green mountains and green waters. The music score was first seen in "Xingzhuang Taiyin Continuation" (written by Xiao Luan in the Ming Dynasty in 1560).

“The past and present have been ups and downs, but green mountains and green waters remain intact. A thousand years of gains and losses, right and wrong, are just a matter of paying fishermen and woodcutters.” This song reflects a reclusive person's yearning for the life of a fisherman and a woodcutter, hoping to get rid of the fetters of worldly things. The music is vivid and precise.

5. Goose Falling on the Sand

One of the top ten famous Chinese guqin songs. In the Ming Dynasty, this song was called "Wild Geese Falling on the Pingsha". The melody is melodious and smooth, and through the disappearing and appearing calls of wild geese, it describes the scene of a flock of wild geese circling in the sky before landing.

6. Yangchun Baixue

"Yangchun Baixue" is one of the top ten famous Chinese guqin songs and one of the top ten famous ancient songs in China. It expresses the beauty of early spring when winter turns to spring, the earth revives, and everything flourishes. The melody is fresh and smooth, and the rhythm is relaxed and lively. According to legend, this was written by Shi Kuang, a musician from Jin State, or Liu Juanzi from Qi State during the Spring and Autumn Period. "Yangchun" and "White Snow" in the existing piano scores are two instrumental pieces. The "Magical Secret Music Score" said in its explanation: ""Yangchun" takes the meaning of all things knowing spring, and the gentle breeze; "White Snow" takes the meaning of awe-inspiring and clean, The sound of snow and bamboo."

7. Hujia Eighteen Beats

One of the top ten famous Chinese guqin pieces. A piece of music based on the poem of the same name. The theme reflected is "Wen Ji returns to Han Dynasty". During the war at the end of the Han Dynasty, Cai Wenji lived in the southern Huns for twelve years. As the wife of King Zuoxian, she missed her hometown very much. When Cao Cao sent someone to take her back to the mainland, she was reluctant to leave her two children. Her joy of returning home was overwhelmed by the pain of parting from her flesh and blood, and she felt very conflicted.

8. Yangguan Sandie

One of the top ten famous Chinese guqin pieces. It is a Qin song composed based on the poem "Send Yuan Er Envoy to Anxi" by Wang Wei (699~759), a poet of the Tang Dynasty.

9. Plum Blossom Three Lanes

One of the top ten famous Chinese guqin pieces. This song borrows objects and praises people with noble integrity through the whiteness, fragrance and cold resistance of plum blossoms. The strange melody in the song is repeated three times in different micro positions, so it is called "Three Nongs".

10. Drunk Fishing and Singing Evening

One of the top ten famous Chinese guqin songs. "Drunken Fisherman Sings Evening" is a piano piece written by Tang poets Pi Rixiu and Lu Guimeng. The whole piece depicts the bold and unrestrained drunkenness of the fisherman. The material is refined and the structure is tight. It is an exquisite piece of piano music. The currently popular genealogy is from Zhang Kongshan.