Jianbao life

Chapter 792 Strings
After listening to Fei Lao's introduction to the opening of a private museum in Beijing, Chu Chen fell into deep thought.

For Chu Chen, the first thing is to ask his uncle Zhao Qirui or his second brother Chu Junfeng to help him solve it.Articles [-], [-], and [-] are completely fine for him.

The key is the fourth article. It is definitely impossible for him to have a bachelor’s degree or above and more than two years of experience in museum management. As for expertise in related fields, he certainly has it. Some are confused.

"Mr. Fei, there is a chief executive in this related field, how will it be defined then?"

Mr. Liu said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this. When you apply, just hand in the expert certificate and that's it."

Hearing that this is the case, Chu Chen has nothing to worry about. As for the fifth point, he has to think about it.These days, although it is difficult to find three-legged toads, there are plenty of people with two legs, but it is not so easy to find relevant professionals.

What's more, many of Chu Chen's cultural relics are priceless treasures. He didn't expect to recruit a guy who can pick from inside and outside, and spend all day thinking about his collection.

However, Chu Chen is not in a hurry. With his contacts in the antique industry, he can still find several experts with professional hands.

What he is most concerned about now is the location of the museum.The reputation of the museum, he has so many national treasures, he is not worried, but with the fame, the location of the museum can not be sloppy.It's not always clear, how many people will flow if the museum is built in any corner?

However, it was not the time to think about these things. After Chu Chen came back to his senses, he continued to listen to Fei Lao's introduction.

Afterwards, Fei Lao briefly explained the country's policies and regulations. Basically, the regulations just mentioned are not too different, and there is no problem for Chu Chen.

After Mr. Fei finished the application procedure, Chu Chen quickly thanked him: "Mr. Fei, thank you so much. With your introduction, I can save a lot of time."

"It's just a little effort." Fei Lao smiled and shook his head: "I really want to say thank you, it should be me. With your help, I saved a lot of advertising expenses."

Old Liu chuckled lightly when he heard the words, and said, "Old Fei, since this is the case, shouldn't you show some sincerity?"

"Of course it should be!" Fei Lao pondered for a while, and said, "How about this? If Xiao Chu's piano is genuine or an imitation with excellent sound quality, then I will replace it with one made by Li Defu. Bingxian, how is it?"

"Ice string? Could it be the 'ice string' of the legendary ice string harp?" Liu Sizhe asked with a look of surprise.

The ice stringed qin that Liu Sizhe mentioned is a famous ancient qin, and its strings are said to be made of ice silk.

Hearing this, Mr. Liu sneered and said, "Didn't you memorize so much knowledge about Guqin, that you don't even know Bingxian?"

Seeing Liu Sizhe's embarrassed face, Chu Chen asked with a smile, "You should know that silk strings were used in ancient times, right?"

"I know." Liu Sizhe nodded.

The strings used to play the piano today are generally steel strings, but in ancient times, the strings were made of silk.

According to legend, silkworms are the most well-behaved, and they can often take shape when encountering objects when making cocoons.There was a widow who lived alone in a room, leaning on a pillow all night, unable to sleep peacefully.She leaned against the bed and watched the silkworms in the neighbor's house making cocoons through the hole in the wall.The next day, the shape of the silkworm cocoons was a bit like the face of the widow, with a vaguely sad face.

When Cai Yong saw it, he bought the silkworm cocoons, reeled the silk and made it into strings, and put them on the guqin.When playing the piano, there is always a sound of sorrow and sorrow. When others listen to it, they often shed tears of sympathy.Cai Yong asked his daughter Cai Wenji the reason, and Wenji replied, "This is widow silk."

"Si" and "si" have the same pronunciation, and the widow's thinking is of course sad and mellow, lingering.This story also illustrates a problem: the strings of the Guqin are made of silk, whichever is tougher and has a pure pronunciation.

Chu Chen said: "Before the Song Dynasty, most of the strings were made by qin masters, and after the Ming Dynasty, most of them were commercial strings. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the strings are best recommended in Hangzhou Hui. Huitang, whose first generation Li Shiying began to produce guqin strings since the Ming Dynasty. , the strings made are called 'ice strings', designated as tributes from the inner court."

"The Li family has been passed down for more than 1939 years. Until the ninth generation of grandson Li Defu died in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, he had no heirs, so the production was discontinued, and then his apprentices continued to produce strings under the brand of Hui. Huitang, but the quality was not as good as In [-], at the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the production of "Hui.Huitang Strings" produced by Lao Santai in Hangzhou was discontinued. For a time, many pianists lamented that there were no good strings available."

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Liu Sizhe finally understood what Bingxian meant, and he said, "Don't they all use steel strings now? Xiaoyue's piano is just steel strings, and I think it sounds pretty good!"

"So, I want to say that you are playing the piano against the cow."

Mr. Liu just wanted to pick Liu Sizhe's thorns today. He said: "Although the steel strings are durable and stable, especially the advantages of smooth surface, they have changed the performance of some slow piano songs with less sound and more rhyme, such as "Pingsha Luoyan". , "Remembering the Past" and "A Good Night" are praised by qin players. But its annoying metallic sound, its overly long reverberation and other defects are also the consensus of most qin players."

Liu Sizhe also argues: "Traditional silk strings also have many disadvantages. In addition to the disadvantages that the strings are not as smooth as steel strings and the friction sound is loud, the performance is not stable enough, and it is greatly affected by temperature and humidity. Durable and expensive to use. Besides, can the volume of silk strings be as loud as that of steel strings?”

Liu Lao didn't expect that Liu Sizhe remembered it quite clearly, which shows that Liu Sizhe really studied hard, which made him secretly very happy, but he is a supporter of Si Xian, so he immediately retorted:

"Although the volume of steel strings is large, they do not have the full sound quality and strength of traditional silk strings. They lack the "graininess" and "bone strength" of traditional silk strings. The situation is the same whether the strings are played hard or lightly, and there is no doubt that this state affects the expressiveness of the music.”

"The important thing is that the timbre produced by the steel strings lacks the 'charm' of silk strings that is very close to the human voice, that is, the warm color with a certain human touch that is nostalgic for traditional qin music. The timbre of steel strings , when I heard it for the first time, it was quite harsh, and I don’t know how people accept it now.”

Liu Sizhe muttered: "If you want me to say, this matter is still your problem. If you opposed it at the beginning, it is impossible for the steel string to be accepted so easily by everyone."

Mr. Liu heaved a long sigh when he heard the words. It can be said that the conversion from silk strings to steel strings was completed quietly. During the period, steel strings acted as a new thing, and no one dared to oppose it.

(End of this chapter)