Chapter 438 Duan Hongxuan talks about and plays Guqin
Duan Hongxuan's explanation of the guqin made Qin Huairu and the other three listen with great interest. When Duan Hongxuan's words came to an end, Qin Huairu couldn't help but sigh: "This guqin actually has so much knowledge in it!
You cultured people are so particular! No wonder those ancient novels mentioned the chess, calligraphy and painting when talking about the great ladies!
I really didn’t expect that, Hongxuan, you are really proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting!
Now I have to leave my daughter to you to help me educate her!"
As soon as Qin Huairu finished speaking, He Yuyu couldn't wait to ask Duan Hongxuan: "Brother Hongxuan, you really have a guqin!
Take it out quickly for us to see, and play another song for us to listen to! Quick, quick, go and get it!"
Does Duan Hongxuan own a guqin? He really does! This is a Qing Dynasty guqin that he spent a huge amount of money to buy in his previous life!
Later, Duan Hongxuan went to Gaowu World, where he made a guqin by himself using a unique plant material in Gaowu World. The strings were also made from the tendons of a monster beast in Gaowu World.
In addition, he added some formations to this guqin, and finally he made this guqin into a weapon that can kill enemies with its music. Of course, it can also be played to calm other people's emotions.
In short, there are many wonderful uses!
As for what the piano can be used for, it all depends on the thought of the person playing it!
But the key point is that ordinary people cannot play this piano at all. To play this piano, one must have a certain level of skill. From Duan Hongxuan's point of view, no one on this planet can play it except him.
He owns this piano!
At this moment, Duan Hongxuan thought that he could collect some guqins now to prevent some of the good guqins handed down from ancient times from being destroyed in a few years, which would be a pity!
You know, some good guqins handed down from ancient times have very unique timbres. No matter how advanced the various modern processing techniques are, there is no way to make a guqin that can compare with the guqin that has been handed down for hundreds or thousands of years in timbre! Under He Yuyu's repeated urging, Duan Hongxuan had no choice but to go into the bedroom and take out the Qing Dynasty Guqin from the space!
Duan Hongxuan took out the guqin and put it on the table. Qin Huairu and the others immediately gathered around, "This is the guqin!"
The three of them looked at the guqin and touched it with their hands. He Yuyu also stretched out his hand to fiddle with the strings a few times. When he heard the sound of the strings, He Yuyu urged Duan Hongxuan: "Brother Hongxuan, play it for us quickly."
A song!"
Yu Haitang corrected from the side: "It's not playing, it's stroking, playing the piano!"
He Yuyu said indifferently: "Yes, yes, yes, it's the piano! Please play a song for us!"
"Wait a moment!" Duan Hongxuan said and turned around and entered the bedroom. Soon, Duan Hongxuan came out with a small low table and a small stool.
After placing the small table and stools, Duan Hongxuan placed the piano on the low table and introduced: "This is the piano table and stool. The height is just right for people to play the piano comfortably!
The heights of the tables and stools we usually use are not suitable. Not only is it uncomfortable and awkward to play the piano, but it also makes your arms tiring to lift. That’s why we have special piano tables and stools!”
"Tsk tsk! This is so exquisite!" Qin Huairu exclaimed.
He Yuyu quickly pushed Duan Hongxuan to sit down on the piano stool, and then urged: "Hurry up and play, no, play a piece of music! Quick, quick!"
"Okay, okay, okay! Don't rush me!
You go and sit down first! I have to be calm when playing the piano, and you also have to be calm when listening to the piano!"
Qin Huairu and others hurried back to finish the work, and then Duan Hongxuan said: "I will play you a mountain and flowing water today. This is a famous guqin song handed down in our country!
Okay, now calm down and listen to me playing the piano quietly!"
The crowd immediately fell silent. He Yuyu held Xiaodang in his arms. The little girl also opened her eyes curiously and looked at Duan Hongxuan who was about to play the piano!
Duan Hongxuan's face was calm, his expression was smooth and gentle, then he slowly raised his hand and placed both hands lightly on the guqin. After a moment of silence, he moved his fingers lightly, and suddenly a distant, quiet and sweet piano sound slowly spread from Duan Hongxuan's fingers. p>
When Duan Hongxuan played the piano, he also used the techniques used by junior soul masters to soothe their emotions. He blended this technique into the sound of the piano, allowing everyone to listen to it. Not only did they feel the music was pleasant to the ear, but they also felt that the sound caressed their hearts.
, as if it can purify the soul, make people feel calm immediately, and the spirit seems to be soothed!
Qin Huairu and the others were mesmerized by the song "Mountains and Flowing Waters", and their whole bodies felt a sense of clarity, as if they had stayed up for a few days and then had a good sleep, feeling refreshed.
, I feel inspired again from the inside out!
It took a long time after Duan Hongxuan finished playing the song and the sound of the piano ended, before Qin Huairu and the others came back to their senses and looked at Duan Hongxuan again, as if they were looking at some treasure!
He Yuyu was the first to jump up and shout: "Brother Hongxuan, this guqin sounds so good. I want to learn it. Please teach me!"
Yu Haitang's eyes also shone and he said: "There is also me, I also want to learn Guqin!"
Qin Huairu was also eager to try and hesitated: "Hongxuan, can a person with no education like Sister Qin learn this guqin from you?"
"Anyone who wants to learn can learn! It doesn't matter if you are literate or not, even if you are illiterate, as long as you are willing to learn and work hard, you can learn!"
When Qin Huairu heard this, she was immediately happy: "That's great, I didn't expect that I can also learn Guqin, an instrument played by you educated people!"
He Yuyu ran to Duan Hongxuan, looked at the guqin carefully, and suddenly asked Duan Hongxuan: "Brother Hongxuan, your piano is too old, isn't it? It looks like it's almost broken, why don't you get a new one?" p>
"Huh?" Duan Hongxuan looked at He Yuyu. He really didn't understand what He Yuyu meant. His Qing Dynasty Qin was not cheap to buy at the time. Although the sound was not as good as those from the Song and Tang Dynasties, it was still pretty good.
Moreover, he kept his piano very carefully, and he didn’t even notice that his piano was about to break!
"My piano is very good! How can I look bad?"
"They say your piano is great! Look at it!" He Yuyu pointed at the cracks on the guqin's panel and said, "There are so many cracks on your guqin's board. It's almost broken!"
"Hahaha!" Duan Hongxuan finally understood what He Yuyu was talking about: "This is not about to break down. On the contrary, the cracks on this piano just show that this piano is a good piano!
Okay, let me explain it to you and you will understand!
The production process of Guqin is quite special. The outermost layer is made of a prepared raw lacquer. This kind of raw lacquer is not the kind of industrial paint we usually see. This kind of raw lacquer is collected from a plant called lacquer tree.
Made from the liquid inside the tree trunk!
Due to the production process and the use of raw lacquer, the guqin has a special feature, that is, the longer it is kept, the better its tone will be as long as it is properly maintained!
What we can see is cracks like the one above, which are generally called fractures.
The wider and more uniformly the fracture patterns are distributed across the entire piano surface, which proves that the older the piano is, the better the corresponding tone will be!
Due to the characteristics of raw lacquer, it usually takes about a hundred years for cracks to appear on the guqin.
Therefore, as long as you see natural broken lines on a Guqin, it proves that this Guqin has been made for at least a hundred years!
And there is another characteristic of raw lacquer. If you want the paint on a newly made piano to dry quickly, you should put it in an environment with relatively high air humidity so that it will dry quickly.
If you put it in a dry environment, the raw paint on it will not dry easily!
Therefore, most guqin production is generally done in the south, and there are very few guqin makers in the north! This is one of the reasons!
Those guqins that are well preserved and can be passed down, such as those made in the Tang and Song dynasties and passed down to this day, generally have very good timbres!
The reason why guqin, guqin, has the word 古, also explains the characteristics of this kind of qin. The newer the qin, the worse the sound and the less valuable it is.
The older you are, the better your tone is, and accordingly, the more valuable it is!
Of course, the premise is that it must be a good piano made with care!
Guqin's daily maintenance is also very particular. You can't just leave it alone. You have to take it out from time to time and play a tune!
The more you play the guqin, the better its tone will be! The guqin, which has been played frequently for hundreds of years, has nothing to say about its tone!
But if you just keep a guqin carefully and never play it, the guqin will be useless in the end! This is also the very interesting thing about guqin!"
"So that's it!" He Yuyu suddenly realized, and then he looked at the broken patterns on Duan Hongxuan's guqin and said in surprise: "Brother Hongxuan, according to what you said, isn't your qin at least a hundred years old?
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Duan Hongxuan nodded: "Yes! So the sound of this piano is also quite good!
But compared with the real guqin handed down from the Tang and Song Dynasties, the timbre is still a bit inferior!
If I have the chance, I would like to collect a few good pianos from the Tang and Song Dynasties!"
"Guqins from the Tang and Song Dynasties? Aren't they thousands of years old?" He Yuyu said in surprise.
"Yes, the Tang Dynasty is thousands of years old, and the Song Dynasty is hundreds of years old.
Therefore, most of the guqins handed down from that era are good ones, and they have been carefully maintained and passed down to this day. In addition, after so many years, they have been played and maintained continuously, and the sound is very beautiful!
Of course, there were guqins from further back eras, but most of them have not been handed down. Guqins from the Wei and Jin Dynasties, which were slightly earlier than the Tang Dynasty, have also been passed down to this day. However, due to the production technology at that time, the sound of the guqins from that dynasty was not as good as that of the Tang and Song dynasties!
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"Oh my god! Doesn't that mean that it's not easy to get a good piano!" He Yuyu was surprised and a little frustrated at the same time!
"You can't say that! The good pianos handed down from ancient times are naturally considered to be of the highest quality. Nowadays, there are also piano makers, and there are also good pianos, and the sound is good, but they can't be compared with the ones handed down from ancient times!
And most people can’t really tell the difference between them!”
"Brother Hongxuan, I also want a guqin. Can you help me think of a way?" He Yuyu said coquettishly to Duan Hongxuan.
"Let's talk about the ancient guqin when we meet it later. If it's a good qin nowadays, I can make it myself. I'll make one for you all later, as an encouragement to you for your willingness to learn guqin!"