Chen Naifeng, the inheritor of Shandong Zhuo Qin: "Revival" of Tang Dynasty's Innovative Techniques in Ancient Qin Production

2023-08-22

Recently, Chen Naifeng, the inheritor of the Tancheng Guqin Zhuo Qin technique, is making an Guqin at a Guqin studio in Tancheng County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, China. The so-called 'Zhuo Qin' refers to the technique of making ancient qin, "Chen Naifeng told reporters. Zhuo Qin is a highly demanding craft, which is not only a skill, but also an art. Zhuo Qin master not only needs to be skilled in carpentry, understand rhythm, inscriptions, lacquer art, etc., but also needs to have artistic aesthetics. "Chen Naifeng demonstrated Zhuo Qin skills. Zhang Chunlei's Guqin, also known as the Yao qin, Yu qin, Sitong qin, and Qixian qin, is a traditional Chinese musical instrument. As the inheritor of the Zhuo Qin technique, Chen Naifeng has made inheriting and promoting ancient Qin culture a lifelong pursuit and responsibility for many years. The ancient qin is the crystallization of traditional Chinese culture, and its cultural connotation has exceeded the scope of music. It is closely related to the history, politics, philosophy, and other aspects of Chinese civilization for thousands of years. The Chen family's Zhuo qin has a long history, dating back to the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty. Chen Naifeng, born in 1976, inherited family education from a young age and studied guqin making with his grandfather. At the age of 20, he mastered the art of playing the bamboo qin. 'Choosing good materials, using good craftsmanship, and producing sound over 500 years' refers to the production of guqin. Chen Naifeng introduced that the materials used for guqin production include century old cedar, ginkgo, tung, catalpa, etc. A guqin requires more than ten steps and nearly a hundred processes, which take 2-5 years to complete, ensuring excellent shape, timbre, and feel. Chen Naifeng is making guqin. During Zhang Chunlei's years of playing the guqin, Chen Naifeng's biggest concern was the public's lack of recognition of the guqin. The qin made in the past took a lot of time and effort, and could only sell for around 3000 yuan per piece, with a narrow sales market. Looking at the dusty guqin, Chen Naifeng constantly researched technological innovation and explored its sales prospects. The traditional guqin has a short, low pitched sound that is not clear enough. In the Tang Dynasty, the guqin had a double-layer panel with a good sound, but later the technique was lost and later generations were unable to replicate it successfully. "Chen Naifeng found that to make a good sound, the first thing to do is to handle the proportional relationship between the thickness of the panel, the thickness of the base plate, and the depth of the groove belly. After multiple experiments, he finally successfully replicated the double-layer panel guqin and produced a sound that was steady, loose, and round and long. Chen Naifeng is playing the guqin. In recent years, Zhang Chunlei has innovated two new production technologies, the "Guqin Melody Balance Zhuo Qin Method" and the "Guqin Pressure Sensing Amplification System", based on the double-layer panel guqin. He has added multiple electronic sound devices to the belly of the guqin, solving the problem of traditional guqin production relying only on hearing judgment and low volume during performance, and has obtained an invention patent. Guqin is old, but the times are new, and traditional culture should also keep up with the times. Chen Naifeng believes that not only should we inherit the skills of our ancestors, but we should also integrate the characteristics of the development of the times and let it enter public life. Chen Naifeng is playing the piano for an audition. With the rise of ancient qin art, the ancient qin produced by Tancheng Guqin Zhuo Qin technique not only covers Linyi and surrounding areas, but also sells to various parts of the country and countries such as the United States, Canada, and Japan, receiving unanimous praise from professionals in music schools and Guqin enthusiasts. If there is

Edit:XiaoWanNing    Responsible editor:YingLing

Source:China News Network

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