SAN FRANCISCO — When you stroll through San Francisco's Chinatown you will hear a variety of sounds. Not far from this historic neighborhood is a beautiful sound the Chinese have created for ...

All throughout May, WTOP is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with stories about the people and places shaping the D.C. region. One of the oldest, most identifiable sounds ...

He Beibei, also known as Bei Bei Monter, is a Los Angeles–based virtuoso guzheng and guqin artist, composer and recording artist. [Photo by Liu Shuying] Bei Bei, who was born in Chengdu, capital of ...

Peng Jingxuan plays the traditional Chinese instrument guzheng in Paris, France. Photo: Courtesy of Peng Jingxuan Under the Eiffel Tower, beside the Arc de Triomphe, along the bustling streets of ...

Originating nearly 2,500 years ago, the guzheng is a traditional Chinese zither, a stringed instrument featuring up to 21 movable strings and bridges. The ancient instrument was the exact piece ...

She once performed the guzheng solo "Ritual Music - Spring Moonlight on the Flowers by the River" at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which won her the nickname of "Guzheng ...

Recitals of music for the guzheng — the ancient 21-stringed Chinese zither — are not exactly staples of the Washington concert scene. So it was a rare treat when Bing Xia and Rujia Teng, two virtuosos ...

The earliest records of the guzheng were found in the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) but it was only in the following Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) period that it gained prominence. The musical ...