Guqin stage

It is said that in the spring and Autumn period, Yu Boya, a zither player of the state of Chu, played the zither to express his feelings. Zhong Ziqi, a woodcutter on the mountain, could know his temperament and his ambition. Bo Ya regarded Ziqi as a confidant. A few years later, Boya passed by Guishan and learned that Ziqi had died of illness. He broke the piano and never played it again. Later generations felt that he had a deep friendship and built a platform here to commemorate his death.

Guqin stage

Guqintai, also known as yuboyatai, was built in the Northern Song Dynasty and rebuilt in the early years of Jiaqing Dynasty (1796 AD). It is located on the shore of the moon lake at the foot of Guixi, Hanyang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, facing Guishan in the East and Moon Lake in the North. It is a national AAA scenic spot and a historical site of Chinese music culture

It is one of the key cultural relic protection units in Hubei Province and one of the cultural relic tourism landscapes in Wuhan. Together with the Yellow Crane Tower and Qingchuan Pavilion, it is also known as the three major scenic spots in Wuhan and is known as "the first bosom friend in the world".

According to the records of Lu's spring and Autumn Annals and Liezi, during the spring and autumn and Warring States periods, Yu Boya ran into Zhong Ziqi and played a piece of high mountains and flowing water. Boya regarded Ziqi as a bosom friend and came back here about a year later. Unexpectedly, a year later, Boya came back according to the contract, only to learn that Ziqi had died of illness. Boya was grieved and never played the piano again, which was known as Boya Juexin in history.

The guqintai building complex covers an area of about 15 mu. In addition to the main building of the palace, there are also courtyards, forest gardens, flower beds, teahouses, etc., with exquisite layout and distinct layers. In front of the hall, there is a zither platform. It is a square stone platform made of white marble, about 20 square meters. It is said that it is the place where Bo Ya plays the zither.

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Historical evolution

Guqin stage was built in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is said that Yu Boya, a zither player of the state of Chu in the spring and Autumn period, played Guqin here to express his feelings. Zhong Ziqi, a woodcutter on the mountain, could know his temperament and his ambition. He regarded Ziqi as a confidant. A few years later, Boya passed by Guishan and learned that Ziqi had died,

He broke the string and never played again. Later generations feel that his friendship is deep, so a platform is built here to commemorate it. Guqin Taidong to Guishan, north to Yuehu, lake scenery, beautiful scenery, quiet and pleasant, rich cultural connotation, constitute a broad and far-reaching artistic realm.

In the early years of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, the governor of Huguang, Bi Yuan, presided over the reconstruction of guqintai, and asked Wang Zhong to write the preface to the inscriptions on Qintai (i.e., the preface to the inscriptions on Qintai in the Han Dynasty) and the research on Boya affairs. In 1884, Huang Pengnian wrote the story of rebuilding Hanyang Qintai. In the 16th year of Guangxu (1890 AD), Yang Shoujing presided over and personally wrote the inscription of Qintai, re engraved the inscription of Qintai, the textual research of Boya's affairs, and the story of rebuilding Hanyang Qintai in the corridor of Qintai stele, and wrote the word "guqintai" on the lintel of the gate.

Historical legend

Legend one

It is said that during the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, Yu Boya, a minister of the state of Chu, was very good at Guqin. Once, Bo Ya was sent on a business trip by the king of Chu. He took a boat down the river and passed by the Hanyang river. Suddenly, he encountered a storm and stopped at the foot of Guishan mountain. It would not be sunny after the rain, so he was relaxed and happy. So, Bo ya chanted his ambition with a drum and Qin. When you play the piano, the string breaks. Bo Ya knows that someone is eavesdropping. Please come out. This man is Zhong Ziqi, the woodcutter. Bo Ya adjusted the piano, pondered for a moment, played the piano, and aspired to the high mountains. Ziqi praised: "beautiful! It's so lofty that I want to be on a high mountain. " Bo Ya plays the piano again, which means flowing water. Ziqi praised again: "beautiful! It's like running water. " Bo Ya was very happy. He met a bosom friend and became a close friend. I'll see you next year. In the second year, when it was Boya Huizi's period, she died. Bo Ya was very sad and played "high mountains and flowing water" in front of Ziqi's tomb. At the end of the song, Boya lost his bosom friend and felt more lonely. He felt very sad. He suddenly felt that the quyi had no intention, so he broke the string, broke the body and vowed never to play the piano in the future.

Legend 2

It is also said that Yu Boya was born in Yingdu of Chu state and became a doctor in Jin State. The story happened when he was sent to Chu state. On a stormy night of the Mid Autumn Festival, Zhong Ziqi, a woodcutter, came home in a hurry because he was chopping firewood and it was raining. When he came home, he saw the official boat. There was a doctor playing a piano in the bow of the boat to express the feelings of the river and the moon. In order not to disturb the officials, he had to hide in the grass, and he didn't want to listen to the piano and lost his voice. He was asked by Beth teeth. He was educated by Yao in the Zhong Zi period. He was educated by the Wutong tree in the tree, and he was recognized by two people.

The story of Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi becoming bosom friends has been widely spread among the literati and the people for thousands of years. The legendary color of their bosom friends has added a page to Chinese culture. A bosom friend has been sublimated into loyalty to friendship and has become a fine tradition and lofty virtue of the Chinese nation.

Introduction to culture

There is a couplet in Qintai stele and guqintai garden, which says: aim at the high mountains, aim at the flowing water; a guest of Heqiao, a guest of Fuqin.

The first couplet comes from Liezi Tangwen: "Bo Ya is good at playing drums and Qin, Zhong Ziqi is good at listening. Boya guqin, aiming at high mountains. Zhong Ziqi said: "good, e'e is like Mount Tai!" Determined by the flowing water, he said, "it's good. The ocean is like a river." The second couplet comes from Shi pin Shi Jing: "the song of Qingjian, the sound of bisong, a guest of Heqiao, a guest of Fuqin." This couplet is as clear as words. Although it is a collection of sentences, it can be easily picked up. It is perfect and full of fun.

There is a record of Boya Guqin in Xunzi, and Liuma Yangmo. He thinks that his excellent Qin skill is the result of accumulation of learning. However, according to Yuefu Jieti: "Boya studied piano in chenglian, but he failed in three years. After that, he followed chenglian to Penglai mountain in the East China Sea. He heard the surging sea water and the sound of the islands' sad trumpets. He felt that he was singing with the help of the Qin. From then on, the art of Qin improved greatly. It is said that the Qin music "high mountains and flowing water" is his work, and the Guqin music "Narcissus dance" is also composed by Bo Ya.

Today, "high mountains and flowing water" is the allusion of meeting a bosom friend or confidant. The first episode of the great Song Dynasty's Xuanhe posthumous affairs: "the rise and fall of many things, mountains and rivers have bosom friends.". Yuan jinrenjie's "chasing Hanxin" first fold: "sigh who knows good gold and beautiful jade, hate mountains and rivers, few bosom friends." "High mountains and flowing water" can also be used as a metaphor for wonderful music. Yuan Yuling of the Qing Dynasty wrote in the book of the west chamber, a sick meeting: "the merchants of the Qing Dynasty draw around the beams, one sound and one word, ten thousand kinds of melodious, high mountains and flowing water enjoy each other."

There are poems chanting Guqin stage

Phoenix marsh ashes buried here, empty left elegant rhyme build Qintai. If you don't have a beautiful chest, how can you die? If you have a close friend, you don't need a matchmaker.

White hair loses loneliness for no reason, voiceless voice loses sorrow. Bamboo fence wind Pavilion years, occasionally cormorant around a few times.

The corridor of the stele is engraved with stone inscriptions of the past dynasties and inscriptions on the rebuilt Qintai. In the third year of Daoguang (1826 A.D.), song Xiang, a talented scholar from the south of the five ridges, wrote a poem on the wall with bamboo leaves dipped in ink. The poem said, "why is the Qin of Bo Ya suddenly high in the mountains and deep in the flowing water? If you don't pass this song, you will worry about your heart! Why do you know the height of mountains and the depth of flowing water? There are no words in ancient times until now. Yeah? Why not? When I meet here, I will go to the mountains forever, to the rivers for thousands of years, and to the poems on the walls This is song Xiang's wall poems, which are known as the two great works of poetry and calligraphy. Song Xiang, a native of Meixian County, Guangdong Province (now Meixian District, Meizhou City), once served as governor of Hubei Province. When he was 78 years old, he came to visit Qintai because of his attachment to Qintai. After his visit, he was filled with emotion and wanted to sing poems. At that time, the entourage didn't prepare a large sum of money, so they tied bamboo leaves instead. Full of thick ink, on the wall, such as walking dragon and snake, wrote this wall poem that has been handed down to this day. Later generations copied and carved on the stone, preserved, and became calligraphy treasures.

Introduction to scenic spots

The main scenic spots of guqintai scenic spot can be summarized as follows:

Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi become intimate friends in the story "wax museum";

"Yinxin stone house" written by Emperor Daoguang in Qing Dynasty for Tao Wenyi;

"Boya Fuqin" white marble statue;

There are inscriptions in the corridor, such as "the inscription and preface of Qintai", "the investigation of Boya's affairs" and "the reconstruction of Qintai in Hanyang";

In 1826 A.D., song Xiang, a calligrapher and governor of Hubei Province, wrote poems on Qintai with bamboo leaves instead of ink.

The "Qintai" square stele, a relic of Qintai, was built in 1976;

The stone sculptures of "Qintai Zhiyin" built in modern times, as well as the "high mountains and flowing water" waterside promenade.

Boyatai is a stone platform made of white marble. It is said that it was the place where boyatai used to play Guqin. It is 1.75 meters high. In the center of the platform, there is a square tablet with the word "Qintai" and the picture of Boya playing the piano, which is said to be written by Mi Fu, a calligrapher of the Northern Song Dynasty. The stone platform is surrounded by stone railings. On the railings is engraved with a relief picture of "Bo Ya throwing Qin to thank Zhiyin". This is a relic of the Qing Dynasty.

Guqintai is actively cooperating with the Department of folk music of Wuhan Conservatory of music to create a three-dimensional performance of the high mountain and flowing water hall, so as to highlight the sense of ceremony, theme and participation of the performance, ensure that people enjoy a full range of audio-visual feast here, and make the high mountain and flowing water hall a characteristic tour project for all the world's intimate cultural lovers to visit guqintai scenic spots. In addition, guqin station will gather today's top musicians and outstanding scholars to establish Guqin Research Institute. The purpose is to gather the strong points of various schools to carry out special research work, such as the creation of music notation, the study of the history of Qin learning, the development of Qin Dao curriculum, and the collation of ancient books.

At present, the first Guqin social art level examination center in Central China has passed the approval of the Chinese national orchestral society, officially settled in the Boya Guqin Club of Guqin Tai, becoming the first Guqin training institution with Guqin grading qualification in Central China. It is expected to start to accept the examination registration in the middle of this year.

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