Shennongi Style Qin (1)

This qin was made by the student of Choi Chang-sau, Ho Chun-wah, Johannes in 2010. This photo shows the front of Shennong Style Qin.

Date 2010
Style Shennong
Size Length (Whole 128 cm, Strings 116 cm); Width (Forehead 21 cm, Shoulder 22.5 cm, Tail 15 cm); Thickness 6 cm
Weight 5 kg
Body Chinese fir top (from the main beam of an old house in Wang Toi Shan Village, Yuen Long); Old merbau bottom
Accessories Mother-of-pearl inlay markers; Ebony tuning pegs, feet, bridge and tail pieces
Maker's Note Passing Wang Toi Shan in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long, I spied a pile of wood beams that had been recently removed from an old house stacked by the road side. One of them appeared to be the fir main beam which I thought would be good enough for making qin. I immediately asked my friends in the district to liaise with the locals and acquired the beam. The beam was then taken to Hong Kong’s last fir sawmill in Ngau Tam Mei. Master Choi Chang-sau was invited to supervise the sawing and the wood was cut into a few pieces. This qin was created from one of the pieces hewn that day. At the time of making this qin, a Shennong style qin known as Yichibo was being auctioned in the mainland. I was inspired by its simple and smooth shape and rounded elegance. I asked Master Choi for the paper pattern and created this qin based on it.
People Ho Chun-wah, Johannes | Choi Chang Sau Qin Making Society
Object Musical instrument
Material Type Image
Collection The Legend of Silk and Wood: A Hong Kong Qin Story
Source Courtesy of Ho Chun-wah, Johannes
Repository Ho Chun-wah, Johannes
Note to Copyright Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Ho Chun-wah, Johannes
Accession No. lcs-hkqs-0193
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