The more famous guzheng songs include "The Sun is Red on Jinggang Mountain", "Fighting Typhoons", "Shooting Drums in Fragrant Mountains", "Jackdaws Playing in the Water", "Spring Dawn on Snow Mountains", etc.
1. "The Sun is Red on Jinggang Mountain"
"The Sun is Red on Jinggang Mountain" is sung by the singer Lan Yu. There is also a guzheng version arranged by Zhao Manqin. The Chinese National Orchestra Association has a guzheng level nine Exam song.
2. "Fighting Typhoon"
"Fighting Typhoon" has a majestic melody and a distinctive musical image. The fast passages are tense and fierce, and the slow passages are beautiful and lyrical. The whole song successfully portrays the dock workers' fearless spirit and heroic spirit that overcomes all difficulties. It consists of 5 paragraphs.
3. "Xiangshan Shooting Drums"
"Xiangshan Shooting Drums" is a zheng piece composed by Chinese zheng player Qu Yun in 1980. The music is composed of Xi'an ancient music traditional tune " "The Moon Is High", "Liu Qingniang", "Xiangshan Shooting Drums" and other tunes are composed together, depicting the annual "Xiang Hui" event in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province, and expressing the deep, inner and rich Shaanxi local style melody. The piety of the pilgrims and the ethereal artistic conception of the lofty and empty space.
4. "Jackdaws Playing in the Water"
"Jackdaws Playing in the Water", a famous Chao Zheng tune, is one of the top ten suites of Chaozhou music. This song has beautiful melody, fresh style and unique charm. It is called Chaoshan "zhou song" (Chaoshan, roughly refers to Chaozhou Prefecture). It is the most poetic one among the ten pieces of Chaozhou string poem "Rongtao".
5. "Spring Dawn in the Snow Mountains"
"Spring Dawn in the Snow Mountains" is a guzheng solo composed by Fan Shang'e and Gesang Daji in 1981. This song depicts the beautiful spring scenery of the Tibetan Plateau and expresses the Tibetan people's incomparable love for their hometown and their yearning for a beautiful and happy life.