Guqin string wrapping converted from a guzheng string wrapping (1)

This is originally a wrapping for guzheng strings, produced by the Tianjin branch of the China National Light Industrial Product Import and Export Corporation between 1970s and 1980s. But the character “zheng” on the wrapping is covered with a piece of paper with the character “qin” written on it, so the wrapping became that for qin strings. The replacing character was carefully written in the original official script. We can no longer trace whether this was done by the manufacturer, the seller or the user.
There is this description at the back of the wrapping, “The strings, both silk and metal, manufactured in this factory, for musical instruments, are made of the materials of the best quality by skilful workers under strict supervision of the specialists.” This is a proof that silk strings have been produced in Tianjin, although we cannot say for sure whether the silk strings produced were the strings tied with coloured threads. This was formerly in the collection of Tsar Teh-yun.

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Date	1970s-1980s
Material Type	Image
Collection	The Legend of Silk and Wood: A Hong Kong Qin Story
Source	Courtesy of Wong Shu-chee
Repository	Wong Shu-chee
Note to Copyright	Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Wong Shu-chee
Accession No.	lcs-hkqs-0144

This is originally a wrapping for guzheng strings, produced by the Tianjin branch of the China National Light Industrial Product Import and Export Corporation between 1970s and 1980s. But the character “zheng” on the wrapping is covered with a piece of paper with the character “qin” written on it, so the wrapping became that for qin strings. The replacing character was carefully written in the original official script. We can no longer trace whether this was done by the manufacturer, the seller or the user. There is this description at the back of the wrapping, “The strings, both silk and metal, manufactured in this factory, for musical instruments, are made of the materials of the best quality by skilful workers under strict supervision of the specialists.” This is a proof that silk strings have been produced in Tianjin, although we cannot say for sure whether the silk strings produced were the strings tied with coloured threads. This was formerly in the collection of Tsar Teh-yun.

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