Canglang (2)

This qin is named Canglang. It was made by Choi Chang-sau in the mid 1980s. This photo shows the back of Canglang in Zhongni style.

Date Mid 1980s
Style Zhongni
Size Length (Whole 123 cm, Strings 112 cm); Width (Forehead 18.2 cm, Shoulder 19.5 cm, Tail 14.2 cm); Thickness 5.1 cm
Weight 3 kg
Body Chinese parasol top; Chinese fir bottom
Accessories Mother-of-pearl inlay markers; Buffalo horn tuning pegs; Ebony feet, bridge and tail pieces
Inscription [Chinese inscription]（一）軫池下方篆書「滄浪」
（二）龍池兩旁草書銘文：
天風乎 水擊之聲 海水乎 風鼓之鳴
橈之深湛 泛之輕清
挽天河兮洗耳聽 攬明月兮到中庭
撫一曲兮求知音
選堂書 文鏡銘
（款下篆文「宗頤之印」、「選堂」方印各一）
（三）龍池下方篆文「昌壽精斲」圓印、「存誠養德」方印、「傳世之寶」方印
（四）鳯沼左方篆文「昌壽」方印；右方「銳祖監製」方印
Maker's Note This qin is inscribed with Canglang (Azure Water), the eleventh poem of the Jingzhai Shi’er Qinming. My friend, the Cantonese opera singer from Macau, Li Yui-cho arranged the inscriptions.
People Choi Chang-sau
Object Musical instrument
Material Type Image
Collection The Legend of Silk and Wood: A Hong Kong Qin Story
Source Courtesy of Choi Chang-sau
Repository Choi Chang-sau
Note to Copyright Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Choi Chang-sau
Accession No. lcs-hkqs-0075
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