Shaanxi-style zheng 秦筝派 (Chinese zither) solo 筝独奏: "Xiang Shan She Gu"《香山射鼓》, played by Qu Yun 曲云

A performance of "Xiang Shan She Gu"《香山射鼓》, a solo piece for the guzheng (古筝, Chinese bridge zither), which was composed in 1980 by the zheng master Qu Yun, an exponent of the Shaanxi school of zheng playing (Chinese: Qin zheng pai, 秦筝派). The piece, which depicts the scene of a temple fair (Chinese: xiang hui, 香会, literally "incense gathering") in Shaanxi province, is based on melodies derived from the tradition of Xi'an Guyue (西安鼓乐), including "Liu Qing Niang"《柳青娘》. The key is E-flat diao (E♭调).

Probably filmed by Mr. Wong Wai Kee (黄袆琦; Mandarin: Huang Huiqi; b. 1939) at the inaugural Yangzhou Zheng Festival (首届扬州筝会), held in Yangzhou (扬州市), central Jiangsu province, east-central China, 1986.

Qu Yun (曲云, b. Pingdu, Qingdao, Shandong, China, May 1946) is a respected guzheng player, vocalist, composer, and educator, who is based in Xi'an (西安市), south-central Shaanxi province (陕西省), northwest China. In 1959 she was admitted to the High School Attached to the Xi'an Conservatory of Music (西安音乐学院), where she studied the guzheng systematically under the tutelage of Shaanxi school zheng master Zhou Yanjia (周延甲, 1934-2019) and Shandong school zheng master Gao Zicheng (高自成, 1918-2010). In 1965, as an undergraduate at the Xi'an Conservatory of Music, she studied pipa with Zhang Dihua (张棣华, b. 1937). After graduation, she worked in the Shaanxi Folk Art Troupe (陕西民间艺术团), where she studied traditional music in depth, and received guidance from the Henan school zheng master and scholar Cao Zheng (曹正, 1920-1998) and the ethnomusicologist Li Shigen (李石根, 1919-2010), an expert in the tradition of Xi'an Guyue (西安鼓乐), for a long time. She has for many years served as a professor in the College of Fine Arts at Shaanxi Normal University (陕西师范大学艺术学院) in Xi'an, and is a member of the Chinese Musicians Association (Zhongguo Yinyuejia Xiehui, 中国音乐家协会). As a composer, she has created many well-received solo pieces for guzheng, as well as a number of exquisitely crafted art songs that combine lyrics from classical Chinese poems with melodies adapted from Xi'an Guyue. Qu's daughter is the guzheng player and scholar Dr. Sun Zhuo (孙卓, b. 1976).

【钢丝筝】曲云 独奏《香山射鼓》黄祎琦拍摄授权

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