Millennium Pipa and Millennium Zheng mean that Pipa is not easy to learn and Guzheng is relatively easy to learn. Among many national musical instruments, the playing technique of the zither is easier to master than that of the pipa. There has always been a folk saying that "the pipa lasts for a thousand days and the zither lasts for a hundred days". This means that learning and playing guzheng is relatively easy, while learning and playing pipa is relatively difficult. But to be honest, it is not easy to learn any musical instrument from the perspective of music. Later, it evolved into: "A thousand-year-old pipa, a thousand-year-old guqin."
A thousand-year-old pipa and a thousand-year-old guzheng mean that learning any musical instrument can't be completed overnight. It takes time and patience to learn every musical instrument.
Pipa, the earliest plucked instrument, is a plucked instrument. The loudspeaker is made of wood or bamboo, and it is half pear-shaped with four strings on it. Originally made of silk thread, now it is made of steel wire, steel rope and nylon. The neck and panel have "phase" and "product" for determining phonemes. Pipa is a traditional plucked instrument in East Asia, with a history of more than two thousand years. The earliest musical instrument "Pipa" in China appeared around the Qin Dynasty. The word "Jue" in the word "Pipa" means "two jade collide and make a pleasant knocking sound", which means that it is a musical instrument that makes a sound by plucking the strings.
Zheng, also known as Guzheng, Han Zheng and Qin Zheng, is an ancient traditional plucked instrument of Han nationality in China. The plucking and playing of the guzheng spread among the general public, and it blended with local folk music, forming local schools with different musical styles and playing techniques. It was deeply rooted in China folk music culture and spread for more than 2,000 years, so it was called "Guzheng".
Guzheng has a wide range, clear timbre and rich expressive force, and has been deeply loved by the public. Before the Han and Jin Dynasties, the Zheng had twelve strings, and later it was increased to thirteen strings, fifteen strings, sixteen strings and twenty-one strings. The famous guzheng songs include: Fishing Boat Singing Late, Mountain Flowing Water, Swimming in Western jackdaw in the West, Autumn Moon in the Han Palace, Rain in the Banana Window, etc.