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Musicians of the Shanghai-based Zide Guqin Studio (from left) Ye Lijia, Tu Huabing, Bai Wuxia, Cai Shan, Yin Yihaonan and Chen Xi present ancient music in era-appropriate costumes. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Some members of the studio edit a video together after a performance.[Photo provided to China Daily]
Its sound seems to evoke the very essence of China. Its soothing notes seem to fade into the distance, beyond rivers and snow-capped mountains. But the ancient instruments, such as the guqin, or the seven-stringed Chinese zither, with more than three millennia of history, are finding a new lease of life as their strings are plucked to deliver modern tunes.
Members from the Zide Guqin Studio are challenging preconceptions about the instrument with harmonies redolent of the modern day.
Since the Shanghai-based studio was founded in 2014, its members have been using guqin to perform hit modern music, including the theme songs from the British TV series Sherlock, American TV saga Game of Thrones, Japanese anime Doraemon and even the popular mobile game Honor of Kings.