The Making of: Guzheng

The guzheng is a traditional Chinese musical instrument that has been around for centuries.
In the 1960s, the No. 1 National Musical Instrument Factory in Shanghai took the lead in improving the production of guzheng and successfully developed the contemporary S-shaped 21-string guzheng.
This short documentary, in celebration of the Center’s fifth anniversary and the Mid-Autumn Festival, shows you how specialized craftsmen traditionally manufacture guzheng.
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Masters like these people are the true value of human kind.

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What I like is that Dunhuang doe's not flame dry the soundboard like many others. Flame drying is not good and the instrument will not have as good a sound or last as long.

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Dunhuang guzheng

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It looks more simple to tune than the Japanese koto and the strings look more comfortable to pluck with the fingertips.

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Afaik, koto strings are actually softer and more prone to breaking. Guzheng, while traditionally played with silk strings, now is mostly played using nylon+steel mix strings. And you need to pluck them pretty hard for a clear, bright sound. It's a finger workout, let me tell you

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so this is who gunna got his instrumental from

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