Pui-Yuen Lui - “Flowing Waters”
I am a huge fan of the guqin. This is my first time hearing Pui-Yuen Lui play. Truly amazing.
Oh man… I really need to procure a guqin. I’ve been hardcore into it for a couple years now, but haven’t had the pluck to save up for one.
Wu Wenguang - Yangguan Sandie
I need more me-time at home to learn this proper :’( *sadface*
I was just visiting the Wikipedia page on the guqin too!
Bodhisattva playing the guqin
I thought this was among the most beautiful guqin-related art I’ve seen; assuming the bodhisattva is Avalokitesvara, it is all the more poignant for myself. Unfortunately guqin-centric items (paintings, statues, etc) are quite rare, otherwise I would love to have one or two.
For some reason my passions have indirectly lead me to the realm of the Ancient Chinese Scholar. Totally unrelatedly I’ve named my Macbook Pro after Fu Xi, discovered guqin music (check out John Thompson’s site for samples) and now I’m learning to play Go.
I’ve been curious about Go, a 2500+ year–old board game for a few years but have always had trouble figuring out what the goal is and how to play. I decided to check out YouTube and for tutorials and discovered this series. This installment goes over the history of Go and what the overall strategy is. If you are interested in Go then be sure to check out parts 2, 3a, and 3b as well.
Watching Hakeru (orange oranda), Louie (black moor), and Mallow (red cap oranda) while listening to John Thompson play the guqin.
