Qin Schools - Styles and Schools

Styles and Schools

These are the main schools in China:

  • Guangling (廣陵/广陵)
  • Yushan (虞山 also known as Qinchuan (琴川) or Shu (熟)) in Changshu 常熟
  • Shu (蜀 or Chuan (川)) in Sichuan 四川
  • Zhucheng (諸城/诸城)
  • Mei'an (梅庵/楳盦)
  • Pucheng (浦城)
  • Jiuyi (九嶷)
  • Zhe (浙)
  • Lingnan (嶺南/岭南) in Guangdong 廣東/广东
  • Min (閩/闽) in Fujian 福建
  • Shaoxing (紹興/绍兴)
  • Wu (吳/吴)
  • Shan'nan (山南)
  • Songjiang (松江)
  • Jinling (金陵)
  • Fanchuan (泛川)

Today the three main centers of guqin are Beijing, the Jiangnan area (lower Yangtze valley, including Shanghai) and Sichuan (especially Chengdu). Most major masters as of the 1950s were located in Beijing or Jiangnan; before that, they had been more concentrated in Jiangnan. For instance, Zha Fuxi and Wu Jinglüe spent many years living and teaching in Jiangnan before being relocated to Beijing for official duties. "Regional styles" as of 50-60 years ago would be rather different from "regional styles" in the present day, owing to the importance of a few masters and the conservatories in Beijing and Shanghai. Presently, given the strength of the conservatory system, "northern and southern conservatory styles" probably deserve their own status, separate from the older regional styles.

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