Luwangqin The royal treasure of the Ming Dynasty, the pinnacle of the Liezi guqin!

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-01-30

Luwangqin, a royal treasure of the Ming Dynasty, has become a treasure among ancient Chinese musical instruments with its unique column-style design and sophisticated production technology. This guqin not only represents the taste and skill of King Lu, but also reflects the pinnacle of guqin art in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Changshu, the maker of Luwangqin, was the second generation of King Lu in the Ming Dynasty and was known as King Xiaolu. He was born in a situation of internal and external troubles, and was unable to display his lofty ambitions in politics, so he focused on piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. He not only produced and supervised the guqin, but also compiled the score "Guyin Zhengzong" to be handed down. Zhu Changshu supervised the production of hundreds of guqins in his life, and numbered them respectively, and the number of this qin is No. 64.

The body of the Luwang qin is round and thick, the shape of the piano is square, and the edge line is square. Square headstock, the two corners of the tip are cut into the shape;Straight term, narrower at the top and wider at the bottom;Shallow flat waist, wider at the top and narrower at the bottom;Bearing the fillet of the dew, the length is the same as the mountain;The crown angle knot is pointed, and it is engraved with a lamp grass line curly grass pattern;Round dragon pond, square phoenix swamp. The inner ring of the dragon pond is engraved with "Daming Chongzhen Jiaxu Sui Lu Guo system Lu Shi No.", the dragon pond is engraved above the word "neutralization", the dragon pond is engraved with five unique "moon seal Yangtze River water, the wind drops are slightly dewed, it will go to the silent place, and the ancient love is known", the paragraph is engraved "respect a master", and the seal book is engraved under it "Luguo Shibiography" square seal.

The Liezi design of Luwangqin is said to have been created by Liezi. "Wuzhizhai Qin Score" records: "Liezi works, between the two is a fierce trend. Taste the tour of Mount Tai, see the thunderbolt hurt the tung, so the piano making, loud sound. He has lived in Zhengpu for forty years, and he is ignorant. He composed two songs of "Xiangling" and "Dry Fish". Seventy-two minor keys, one hundred and sixty kinds of juggling. "There are at least thirteen existing Ming and Qing dynasty documents that record the patterns of the Liezi-style guqin, but these patterns are not consistent. In the "Guyin Zhengzong" published in the seventh year of Chongzhen (1634), there is a special record of the Zhonghe guqin: "Huang Minglu Wang respects a human style. Neutralization of the piano style: is the system, the forehead is eight edges, to press the eight sections, the waist is four edges, to press the four hours, the dragon pond is round, the phoenix swamp is below, and the sky is round. The tail of the piano is made of a ring cloud, and the tail is made of a double star, so as to celebrate the clouds according to the stars, which is a celestial phenomenon, and the name is called "neutralization", and it is equipped with a pattern. This qin style is now mostly called the Liezi style, and sometimes it is also called the "Luwang style".

The production process of Luwang Qin is excellent, and the back plate of the qin is engraved with the word "neutralization", and the words are filled with gold lacquer. The dragon pond is engraved with the words "Daming Chongzhen Jiaxu Year Mid-Autumn Lu National System No. 146". There is a poem engraved under the dragon pond: "The moon prints the water of the Yangtze River, the wind drops slightly, and the dew is clear, and it will go to a silent place to know the ancient feelings." The poem is engraved with the seal book "Lu Guo Shi Biography" square seal, and the seal is also filled with gold lacquer.

The timbre of Luwangqin is melodious and beautiful, and the aftertaste is long. Its sound is like the tinkling of spring water, and like the spring breeze, making people feel as if they are in the beautiful mountains and rivers. This unique timbre is combined with the playing techniques of the ancients to form a unique playing style.

The Luwangqin is not only a musical instrument, but also a work of art. Its exquisite craftsmanship and unique artistic style make it a treasure among ancient Chinese musical instruments. Today, Luwangqin has become one of the treasures that collectors are vying for.

In general, the Luwang qin has become a treasure among ancient Chinese musical instruments with its unique column-style design and exquisite production technology. Its timbre is melodious and clear, and the finish is long;Its production process is excellent, and the artistic style is unique;It has a profound historical background and rich cultural connotations. It is a shining pearl among ancient Chinese musical instruments!AI assistant creation season

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