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January 27, 2005

A Secret Guqin Meeting:
Or Just a Stuffy Room on "Long Happiness" Rd.?

Seeing as guqin culture was nearly destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, it's amazing to be part of its revival. Last weekend there was a small meeting of fifty or so guqin cognoscente. Here are some pictures of me and one of my closest comrades playing on an old qin


This bearded fellow is your narrator. Look at those Irish phenotypes in that light! Never have my hues looked redder!


This virtuoso is more than a little bit of inspiration to your narrator.

Thanks to a little old Chinese lady from Boston for taking these pictures.

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