Zhu Zhiyuan’s Zhongni zither

[ZHU Zhiyuan’s Zhongni Qin]

ZHU Zhiyuan’s Zhongni Qin, Yuan, Zhongni Qin, with a total length of 119.4 cm, a hidden space of 111.5 cm, a forehead width of 17.4 cm, a shoulder width of 19.2 cm, a tail width of 13 cm, and a thickness of 5.2 cm. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The zither is carved from tung wood, painted with black paint all over the body, the antlers are gray, and the hair is broken between the ice patterns. The pond and marsh are rectangular, with gold badges, green and white jade pillars and red sandalwood tail. The whole device is beautiful, well-made and strict
The belly style is “made by Chicheng Zhu Zhiyuan”. “Chicheng” is to the north of today’s Beijing. Zhu Zhiyuan and Gao Lian of the Ming Dynasty in Zunsheng Bajian and Zhang Yingwen in Qingmizang all said that he was from “my Ming” or “my dynasty”, while Wen Zhenheng’s “Chronicle of the Elders” said that he was from the Yuan Dynasty, which shows that he lived between the Yuan and Ming dynasties


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