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I’ve been playing the Chinese harp for 20 years now.

I would say, in the start I got conned by mom to play an instrument none of my older cousins were playing so I would be just that bit more ‘special’. I never really understood my teachers because I was a young little ‘banana’ who would just nod her head at the end of every sentence spoken to her in Cantonese or Mandarin.

I was also forced to play by having mom using the cane to thwap my poor fingers when i refused two hours of practice a week.

Until I found the best teacher, who really cultivated my love for the string instrument…that I now play a whole range of classical string based intruments.. WHEE!

So today…mom found the notes to one of my favourite Gu Zheng pieces! I was so upset that I had lost A WHOLE FILE of my notes but when this one resurfaced, I made sure that I have this recorded so at least I can pen it down next time!

The Title of the piece is 王昭君 (wang zhao jun) One of the famous “Four Beauties of China”. According to other legend and folklore, she commits suicide after her husband’s death as her only resort in order to avoid marrying his son.