Traditional Method of Making Qin Strings in China

This article, wriiten by Wong Shu-chee, introduces nine steps of traditional method of making qin strings in China: choosing the silk, bundling the silk, combining the threads, forming the strings, boiling the strings, rinsing the strings, drying the strings in the sun, cutting the strings, winding the strings.
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Source Courtesy of Wong Shu-chee (Chinese version); Courtesy of Intangible Cultural Heritage Office and Hong Kong Heritage Museum (English version)
Repository Intangible Cultural Heritage Office
Note to Copyright Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Wong Shu-chee for Chinese version; Intangible Cultural Heritage Office and Hong Kong Heritage Museum for English version
Accession No. lcs-hkqs-0009
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