Among those who will be making the Otter valley resound to the strains of the guzheng and erhu is Wu Wenguang, who plays a piece of music 1,800 years old on the guqin, an instrument known to have existed 3,000 years ago.
[2006 September 22, Noah Buchan, “A Moving Sound gathers monentum”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 December 2007, Features, page 13:
The kuchin is one of China’s oldest and most revered stringed instruments; its meditative character serves as a symbol of the CD’s inspiration.]
Usage notes
In the past, the guqin was referred to only as the qin, but it has the prefix gu- to distinguish it from other instruments which are also called qin. It can be referred to as qin after guqin is used in the first instance.
The organology of the qin fits that of a zither, but in the past, it has been incorrectly referred to as a lute or harp.
It is sometimes confused with the guzheng (古筝) which is a different stringed instrument.