A Story about Chinese Zither
the story come from http://www.hoogye.com/eng/magic/qinqi/
The Chinese zither a nd chess: The Chinese zither,chess,calligraphy and painting are four skills of the Chinese literati. Among them the Chinese zither is the first important skill. There is a story about the Chinese zither,the title of the story is《YuBoya thanks his faithful friend by breaking the Chinese zither》.YuBoya is a minister in Jin State in Spring and Autumn period. He did best in playing the Chinese zither.One day,on his way to visit the neighboring country, he met the hermit ZhongZiqi. Ziqi can understand the music played by Boya. They both felt it late to meet each other, so they became faithful friends quickly. When the time came to part,they engaged to meet again next Mid-autumn Day. But when Boya got the place that they enganed to meet Zi qi on the next Mid---autumn Day, Zi qi had been dead. Bo ya was very sad,he thought no one can understand his music because the faithful friend was dead. Then he broke his zither in front of Zi qi's tomb. Chinese zither is a superior art,when the ancient people played the zither, they must choose a very quiet time and burn incense. The zither player must give his entire attention and put all his feelings into the note, while the listeners are also very quiet and put their entire attention into the note, only in this way they can understand the feelings that the player wants to express. Environment, zither, zither player and the audience must combin together if someone wants to get the true meaning of the music." A friend is easy to get, but a faithful friend is hard to find", it also checks up with the meaning.
