Laosantai Huihui Tang Strings (Made in the late Qing Dynasty)

These strings were a gift for Tsar Teh-yun from Zheng Minzhong, Beijing qin master, on 26 April 1996. Tsar Teh-yun has made remarks on the wrapping in pencil. It is a tradition for qin players to exchange gifts of qin accessories.
Laosantai first appeared towards the end of the Qing Dynasty. The sharp outline of the print on the fangtie (wrapping with advertisement) shows that the wood block for the printing was in an early stage of use. So this set of strings is an earlier product of Laosantai.
One of the two key traditional methods is used to tie the strings together, i.e. tied with the end of the strings. The other method is to tie the strings with coloured threads, such as Laosantai Huihui Tang Strings made in the early years of the Republic of China. Either of these two methods has been used over the years. Usually, the first to fourth strings and the fifth to seventh strings are tied in separate bundles, with a separate bundle of spare string.
The exhibit has changed its colour and become brittle and can no longer be used.

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Date	Late Qing Dynasty
People	Tsar, Teh-yun \| Zheng, Minzhong
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	Copyright expires
Accession No.	lcs-hkqs-0126

These strings were a gift for Tsar Teh-yun from Zheng Minzhong, Beijing qin master, on 26 April 1996. Tsar Teh-yun has made remarks on the wrapping in pencil. It is a tradition for qin players to exchange gifts of qin accessories. Laosantai first appeared towards the end of the Qing Dynasty. The sharp outline of the print on the fangtie (wrapping with advertisement) shows that the wood block for the printing was in an early stage of use. So this set of strings is an earlier product of Laosantai. One of the two key traditional methods is used to tie the strings together, i.e. tied with the end of the strings. The other method is to tie the strings with coloured threads, such as Laosantai Huihui Tang Strings made in the early years of the Republic of China. Either of these two methods has been used over the years. Usually, the first to fourth strings and the fifth to seventh strings are tied in separate bundles, with a separate bundle of spare string. The exhibit has changed its colour and become brittle and can no longer be used.

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