We’re back, again!

After 12 years of inactivity, we are relaunching this website and also the blog with the goal of continuing to raise awareness of this ancient Chinese instrument’s music and art.

Amigos del Guqin

We are pleased to announce that “Friends of Guqin” is back. This blog, which was active between 2004 and 2012, was created with the purpose of promoting the art of the guqin, the seven-stringed Chinese zither, in English. Through articles on music, art, literature, and Chinese traditions, we shared the cultural richness surrounding this ancient instrument.

citarachina.org

The most important update is that the book Chinese Zither Manual - the Meian Qin Pu is now 100% available online ─ read why and where to find it.
We hope that the digital edition of Sobre Tres Antiguas Cítaras (On Three Ancient Zithers) will become available in 2025.

We have added a page with videos of different compositions featured in the Meian manual ─ you can watch the fingering techniques while following the book’s sheet music.

You may visit our catalogue with purchase links for the print editions, solely to cover the maintenance costs of this website and our promotional efforts. For a limited time, and while stock lasts, we offer packs with two CDs representative of the Meian tradition.