【古琴Guqin】《梅花三弄》Famous traditional Chinese music depicting plum blossoms

作曲：古曲
古琴演奏：蔡珊【微博@古琴蔡珊】
摄影/录音/混音/后期：唐彬【微博@超级唐葫芦】
出品：自得琴社 【微信公众平台Zideqinshe】 【微博@自得琴社】

[@henrybones9314]

这就是古曲，即便听惯了现代歌曲它还是如同天籁

[@user-hm1ud2zx5c]

流传千古的曲几百年后的人还记得，流行歌曲过个几十年谁还能想起

[@kkioulas]

Exactly

[@laoyuap8511]

我聽由蔡珊詮釋的這首”梅花三弄”已經無數次了，也聽了其他人的演奏，可以說蔡的詮釋是極令人信服的。對照吳景略所傳的原譜，我可以想像蔡在這首曲子下了相當的功夫。她的phrasing和整首曲子的sense of direction顯現出她對於此曲深刻的暸解；換句話說，沒有深刻的體會，琢磨和artist vision是彈不出來的。要知道，古琴譜是極其簡略，是給與演奏者極大詮釋空間的，不像西方古典音樂，原作曲者在原譜的標示相對而言是很清楚的。當然，我所說的是“相對“而非“絕對“。對聆賞者如我而言，欣賞她的詮釋，就像我欣賞各家演唱舒伯特的歌曲，奏鳴曲一樣，得到極大的滿足和喜悅；而對演奏者的我，這也是很好的學習範本。

[@magsg3302]

just a cool thing, in Chinese culture, plum blossoms represent beauty and resilience, because they bloom in the winter when most flowers would not

[@fattymusic7274]

Mags G That’s why ancient literati used this piece to represent their spirit

[@Meow-st2ru]

Wow, I'm a little curious where are you from? you know a lot of Chinese culture, that's really amazed me. Many foreigners know Chinese culture elements are kongfu or something whatever plants, but rarely know this deep culture things of plants. Actually, to chinese, plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum are the most important plants in our culture, you can find them in every type of arts. Because they are not only beautiful plants, but also have the gorgeous personality we appreciate. They are "傲，幽，坚，淡"，which means firmly, indifferent to fame&wealth, stong and humble. Guqin values calmness in the mind. Hope I'm not too chattering.😊

[@magsg3302]

@@Meow-st2ru I'm from the U.S, studying 中文 in highschool; I researched the Chinese cultural meanings of flowers because I was making a craft for my teacher who had cancer. I decided to make plum blossoms because she was so beautiful and strong through such a hard time. My teacher is from China, and I didn't want to be ignorant of the possible meanings behind the flowers. I learned a lot, it was really fun and interesting. You didn't ramble too much :) I love rambling, lol

[@Meow-st2ru]

@@magsg3302 Oh, I'm so sorry for your teacher, and you are so kind so sweet~ I'm deeply touched by you, hope your teacher can get through the disease🙏. And the idea of plum blossoms for inspiration couldn't be better~ ❤

[@magsg3302]

@@Meow-st2ru thank you! :)

[@okanehaus6516]

The fingers sliding across the strings sounds as if the instrument is breathing, that adds a whole other level of elegance and realism to the music...

[@alejandrodmsosa]

such a poetic comment...the same i feel when i listen to an intimate guitar performance..or some other instruments like a clavicembalo. sounds like the fingers of the performers adds such a life

[@youzhang9201]

You have a very good sense! That sound is an important part of guqin music. And actually in Chinese, we some times don't say play guqin （弹琴），instead we say 抚琴，I don't know how to translate it precisely, but it's kind like gently touch, or as you said, slide guqin.

[@tinyhowie]

@@youzhang9201 caress.... molest..

[@cleowang2197]

Alejandro Sosa The guqin 古琴 is an instrument designed to be played for self fulfillment self enjoyment. While the other popular guzheng 古筝 is played to entertain others.

[@stevenw2933]

@@youzhang9201 to caress the guqin would be a good way to say it

[@villager9033]

The title 梅花三弄 roughly means "Plum Blossoms, a piece in which the main theme is played three times with different overtones". The oldest surviving guqin tablature for this piece can be found in "Quxian Mystic Tablatures(臞仙神奇秘譜)" compiled by Zhu Quan in 1425, although this piece was mentioned in older sources. It was originally composed for flute, later transcribed for guqin. The flute composition has been lost.

[@alkazargui175]

Thank you very much for this comment, it is always nice to hear more information about music like this. Especially Chinese music is so hard to find out about with just English sources.

[@tetika8098]

Thanks for making me a little more wise!

[@LENIN990]

Thank you so much!!!!!! Where did you learn this? :) So interesting the power of music!

[@InGratiaDei]

Wow, thanks.

[@gianmarcogreco9129]

What is this instrument called?

[@yiweiliu3920]

从小学时第一次从父亲买的留声机唱片中听到此曲时，那是琴箫合奏，就被深深打动，几十年一直深爱此曲。从主旋律中可以感受到梅花傲雪临霜的高洁之气，象征了人的高尚的气节，所谓魏晋风骨足也，如管宁的辽东白帽，清操厉冰雪，嵇中散淡泊名利，不畏权贵，曲作者桓伊应是受感这些先贤的高尚节操而以梅花不畏风寒为喻作此曲。听此曲就对中国那些高尚的先贤不胜崇敬。

[@nono2008]

乐曲通过梅花的洁白芬芳和耐寒等特征，借物抒怀，来歌颂高尚节操的人清苦贫寒只有付出不求回报生活。古代社会用利乐来培养社会精英阶层让他们有高尚节操，而这些有高尚节操的人来统治整个社会，整个社会才会安定，就如三弄不断重复的曲调形成美妙音乐。但每个朝代都有破坏这种高尚节操美妙音乐的弦外之音，腐败的官吏，荒淫的君王，无不是歌舞升平，最终淹没了这高尚的礼乐而导致战乱和动荡。然而这曲调被传承也是我们的精英层是明白其中的道理，所以中国每次动乱后又能再次统一，而且越来越强大，千年不倒。

[@user-uq1ue5ef3n]

不畏权贵在现中国没有

[@danielaolivarria6942]

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[@si.1179]

吹牛的吧

[@chinese_pop_songs]

如果你滑到這則留言，祝福你未來做任何選擇都不迷惘，天天都有好事發生，你和所愛的人事物都平安。💚💚

[@ftnk2785]

❤😊

[@qianqiuzhao1321]

我以蔡姗為師在這個梅花開放的季節學完了這個琴曲。三弄梅花主題鮮明泛音清脆悅耳。簡掉了重複的几節使整個樂曲展開的恰到好處。這首琴曲成了我每天必彈。感謝🙏蔡姍教我學琴。如若今身有幸當面拜師為快！

[@user-bd5fv2my6o]

梅花三弄是中国著名的三首古琴曲的合集。 《梅花三弄》，又名《梅花引》、《梅花曲》、《玉妃引》，根据《太音补遗》和《蕉庵琴谱》所载，相传原本是晋朝桓伊所作的一首笛曲，后来改编为古琴曲。琴曲的乐谱最早见于《神奇秘谱》（公元1425年）。全曲共有10个段落，因为主题在琴的不同徽位的泛音上弹奏三次（上准、中准、下准三个部位演奏），故称“三弄”。 乐曲通过梅花的洁白芬芳和耐寒等特征，借物抒怀，来歌颂具有高尚节操的人。 后来琼瑶也曾做小说集名为梅花三弄，包含三部小说《梅花烙》、《鬼丈夫》、《水云间》，各自都讲述了一个缠绵悱恻的爱情故事。

[@peanutworkshophuang5276]

並不是三首琴曲啊...

[@yiyinhhhguo8714]

@@EneSacarification you fuck off.KZbin is not open in your house

[@yiyinhhhguo8714]

@@EneSacarification illiterate

[@samuelzhao2540]

@@EneSacarification you talk in Chinese or shut the butt hole up, we dont need your shit. ass ahole. 这个傻逼不懂中文，反正愚蠢得看不懂。

[@samuelzhao2540]

@@EneSacarification well the intro of depicting plum blossoms that Bang G wrote is quite tencnical/not easy to translate into english, but the idea is about the histroy of this song (more than 2000 years history) and the techniques on playing this song with Guqin. hope this is hepful and keep liking Chinese music, may be start learning Chinese coz its the language of the future. lol

[@malharmony]

Love and respect from Canada. This is an incredibly beautiful and serene piece. If our entire world knew the beauty of your music, hate would end and wars would never begin.

[@hmac163]

Jason the ppl who do that wouldn’t hear what the rest of us hear. 🙂

[@gakumoyo]

Ancient Chinese music contains a description of the artistic conception of the natural landscape and personal state, such as a pot of tea, a cup of wine, a fragrance, and a drunken dream.....

[@flowingray]

Unfortunately, thousands of years of history of China itself consists of countless wars and deaths.

[@yeska62]

@@flowingrayyou mean like most other countries in the world? Singling out China is not only disingenuous, it also doesn't take away anything from the beauty and depth of their culture.

[@flowingray]

@@yeska62 I said nothing about 'the beauty and depth of their culture'. Instead, I replied Jason against his point that 'If our entire world knew the beauty of your music, hate would end and wars would never begin. '

[@pianolovesongs888]

每首中文的古风歌里都包含着一些人的故事，和他们的生命，从不敢轻易的跳过，完整的听过每一首，回忆他们的一生，忍不住的眼泪，不知道是替他们难过还是庆幸💕💕

[@user-if5tt3od2w]

此曲只应天上有，人间能得几回闻。 粗拙若在下者，竟也听的神宁气静，恍惚间，房贷车贷不知所踪，置身尘外，怡然自得。 大妙

[@liquidpebbles]

I got shivers at the end when I expanded the title and saw that this song depicted plum blossoms. Around 5 minutes I was picturing scenes with plum blossoms blowing in the wind and imagining being in a rural area of China, relaxing with this being played.

[@Michael-lg4se]

好！

[@leekerry522]

Yup, me too… stirringly uplifting for ones small soul

[@ShawnShao]

wow you got good sense and intuition

[@whitegou]

君可谓知音者也，钟期之既遇

[@sylviusalvvonwinschot6613]

Don't forget that in winter😉

[@magsg3302]

i've been having pretty bad stomach pain all night, and i think that focusing on your beautiful music has eased it, thank you

[@chinamusic4u1688]

2023年还有其他人在听吗？ 请挥动你的手♥

[@pearls997]

2024揮手

[@eecuervoeecac1219]

Por esos sonidos me conseguí un GuQin

[@astralbuddha]

👋🙏2024

[@ivmi]

2024! 🎉❤

[@a334916]

2024，我們都有這古老的心，願現代的繁雜不干擾我們靜幽幽的心

[@-musicaguzheng1619]

*This music makes me feel like I live in china and I'm wearing Chinese traditional clothes sitting on a bench watching flower pedals slowly fall down thinking about life 🌸*

[@rebeccalee8738]

我好鍾意古琴聲音會令人感到放鬆感覺

[@legendcody8952]

Chinese ancient music and old instruments playing represents China’s peaceful and harmonious philosophy that a five thousands none-stopped culture and race would like to obtain, with wisdom and talent , with not bullying, plunder and colonial.

[@alexphilips6335]

China’s history is anything but harmonious and peaceful.

[@alexphilips6335]

Dave WA it’s really not, I mean they literally have a piece of their history called the warring states period.

[@Tristannual]

@Dave WA Certainly not, they had wars (civil wars mostly) that put most of the western ones to shame in terms of brutality. You only think that western history is less peaceful because you've only been exposed to a historical narrative constructed by sycophants who discredit their own history in order to appear more virtuous than they are. This isn't a quip at you, but keep in mind that most of the things you've learned about european history is propaganda.

[@alexphilips6335]

Dave WA Chinese history is populated by numerous civil wars and much strife, the most famous military strategist and arguably the greatest to ever live was Chinese, now I really doubt he gained his knowledge from a peaceful and harmonious country like you seem to think.

[@Tristannual]

@Dave WA go on then, explain to me why you think as you do.

[@larryyang976]

Such a melody with timeless sublime beauty! It was composed by a general about 1,700 years ago during Jin Dynasty. I can sense his resilience when facing death and hardships. Beautifully rendition too! Love it.

[@KpopAndTrot]

2021年06月了，我還在聽，越聽越順耳，比現在的流行歌曲耐聽多了。👌👍❤🔊😍

[@Ryoma_lawang]

都挺好听的，何必抬一个踩一个呢...

[@davidsun2564]

@@Ryoma_lawang 这个比较耐听就算踩流行曲了？

[@glorylienard7747]

So beautiful music! It’s sound from sky, from mountain, from sea. It dig into my heart, that is the feeling make you relax and make you think deeply about life about world.

[@peterchen1385]

You got it

[@nickwongwangning]

个人觉得,古琴比古筝更娆袅蕴柔幽鸣更适合不大的空间,惊叹古人“绕梁三日”之无比贴切

[@user-mu7dl2uf9y]

古筝相对大多数人来说，高山流水比较出名。而古筝我们也感觉更加古意！

[@user-qg7ng6kj2p]

古琴醇厚的低音很好听

[@EEDSH-nd1th]

@@user-mu7dl2uf9y 古筝更加古意？不会吧

[@minghliao9993]

古筝是艺人表演给别人的，古琴是君子弹给自己听的，功能和目的不一样

[@user-rp2gv8gt8k]

古琴悦己，古筝悦人。

[@liswah6583]

Guqin's my father's favourite instrument. Unfortunately he never had a chance to learn it and I'm never a music person. But this video really tells me the beauty of it. I'll try to get my hands on it real soon.

[@helena8465]

This has become my favorite guqin piece! It's so calming and nostalgic. The higher notes remind me of the marimbas on playgrounds that I would sometimes play when I was younger...the sweet nostalgia, combined with the tangy-sounding lower notes makes this song one of my favorites! Thank you for the beautiful playing

[@l.p.1152]

yea that's good Chinese music and its culture is so underrated

[@user-zj4cy8ts9v]

这首曲子是一千多年前的古曲，已经深入到中国文化的内核，恭喜你，有了另一种美妙的文化体验

[@helena8465]

​@@user-zj4cy8ts9v谢谢。我月喜欢Wild Geese Descending on a Sandbank, 是很美。😊

[@Kevork1970]

The guqin is truly one of the most beautiful and versatile instruments out there....

[@RobinTurner]

This was one of the first guqin melodies I heard way back in the '80s and it's still one of my favourites. Very nice performance!

[@gonsonandenschinder]

I love this instrument so much like damn, it sounds so full, deep and simple at the same time.

[@anakin1221]

最愛聽梅花三弄了，這首曲子富有旋律節奏性強很紅

[@brunoandrade8973]

Love and respect from Brasil. Thanks so much to share this beautiful art. 非常谢谢!

[@alexandrunegrea359]

Wonderful! Thank you!

[@devasamvado6230]

she plays the silences between

[@zxp8272]

Yes ,almost all kinds of traditional Chinese art prefer to focus on the blank in between where actually nothing exsists. Especially the traditional paintings.

[@Lozo39]

@@zxp8272 The emptiness makes the usefulness ;-)

[@user-kj3yy8xh5z]

yes , u get the spirit of chinese art.

[@user-001xxxdronepilot]

しなやかで一音一音がしっかりとパンチが効いていて好きな音です。古琴は、やっぱり奥が深いですね。蔡珊さんの演奏を、もう少し色々聴いてみたいです。

[@andys722]

wow - i didn't realise this instrument was so bassy, i love hearing this amazing instrument, it's a work of art and the sound is out of this world!

[@BL66888]

琴聲悦耳，繞樑三日！❤

[@225deru]

Simply Beautiful....

[@emily-rv8rw]

好好听

[@jbb2660]

Beautiful set of Guqin 🌸 很美的古琴

[@myrddinsawyer2008]

弹得真好！我都爱上这曲了。。。👍👍👍 really love this one.

[@chunxiangwu2261]

One of the best versions I ever heard. Great job!

[@cathrinestephansen1585]

Thank you for this beautiful music.

[@LittleWaffle]

Gorgeous music 🎶 😍

[@kurtjensen4483]

Lovely resonance and elegant playing.

[@brenda0729]

彈得好美

[@Taikai5284]

优雅🎉🎉🎉好听👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@MichaelG-hp5cn]

恬淡虚无，非常优雅

[@ChaosInBg]

Beautiful music, I am in love.

[@phaitoon8183]

So beautiful music.

[@johncui7095]

最喜欢蔡珊的这个视频了

[@PhilChavanne]

Thank you for this beautiful interpretation.

[@WintherKl]

Simply fantastic!

[@binyu5761]

余音袅袅，很棒

[@husxins]

相當棒 ，出色的演奏。

[@zilan8457]

梅花三弄是我最爱的曲子

[@allwright5662]

Beautiful!

[@batuhansevgili798]

It's beautiful music... Excellent.💫

[@wozhuqilou]

第一个音出来就陶醉了👍

[@shhhsilentknight]

Wow the overtones and 2nd harmoics waaaay kooool

[@lalunavlogs]

aww so beautiful music, I keep playing it thousand times

[@annap.467]

Не могу пройти мимо, не выразив своё восхищение. Очень красивая умиротворяющая мелодия

[@reconmodelsvaughn469]

That is so beautiful and she is so beautiful

[@jinhuang690]

超级喜欢听古琴的泛音，悠远宁静且朦胧

[@Goodpianomusic-6886]

阿信又會寫作又會作曲，歌詞意義就能看出這深厚功力，根本無人能敵

[@vanlieng4845]

好好听！

[@showingYOUtheworld]

😍 Gorgeous and breathtaking ❗

[@liliwonder360]

Удивительно, что это произведение искусства дошло до наших дней. Это так необычно. А почитав комментарии, я удивлена как поэтично трактуют жизнь сливы)

[@wirlarra]

Thank you all at Zi De Gujin Studio for making this wonderful music accessible to farmers like me. Drink some tea, listen, transcend all things. Thank you

[@FF-em5jk]

Love this piece, listened to it many times while drinking tea :)

[@josephsch6170]

This is beautiful though but my memory becomes old and no one understand my thoughts just idea in the wind I hope for someday everyone understand life is beautiful how you travel as long as as you don't do harmful to anyone Do good

[@longhair2678]

Thanks for great content.. Can listen all day

[@longhair2678]

Tutorial please? Haha

[@marcotoledo5837]

Excelente gracias por compartir !! saludos desde La Rioja, ARG

[@ninjabastard666]

She is Beautiful.

[@kemalasaridina1898]

people playing guqin/guzheng always have such elegant hands ❤️

[@user-ok5ni2pj2s]

心没有很多挂碍的时候听古琴音乐很好

[@sagnikchakraborty3973]

i prefer to give no comment. no word to expain the sweetness of this instruments. i expect more videos like that.

[@user-vk9pn6od1n]

余音绕梁，三日不绝！！！

[@Mai-Gninwod]

New favorite instrument this is so expressive poetic sounds amazing

[@lawrence9998]

So magical beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

[@FunashiMwamba]

I feel i love more this depiction, perhaps because its calmer

[@davidmingko]

This is one of my favorites. I love playing the guzheng, but my dream is to play the guqin.

[@jackstrubbe7608]

Our plums are blossoming here in Washington. Very pleasant to find this today!

[@marjoriebye2771]

I'm in love with this music and my planet 💗💜🧡💛💚💙🌏🌎🌍

[@_guzheng7585]

大爱古琴，love guqin

[@user-sy1dm6ty3q]

I didn't have much information about gupin's songs, but i heard this song is the most beautiful and difficult thing in Chinese traditional music. So charming in there🎶🎶🎶

[@ruchcha1235]

借鉴了很多，谢谢！

[@miguelarauz2865]

Hermoso arte para deleitar el silencio....se siente una paz y armonía.

[@jacklee8771]

人美，琴技好

[@user-vv7gz3dq9m]

“暗香浮動” “凌寒盛開” “笑傲霜雪”

[@Alexia_BH]

Respect to all those years of practise

[@phatlu5892]

谢谢🙏！这首单曲真的让我觉得时间倒流回到从前那样单纯世界呀！

[@nono2008]

单纯世界，你想偏了，这个曲子的含义是让你要培养像冬天里的梅花一样，在艰苦的环境中绽放，只有付出不求收获。当你成为国家的统治者时才会远离春风得意花红柳绿歌舞生平的腐朽生活，而你的人民才会安居乐业。

[@alcyonedetauri352]

Musica muy hermosa...sincronisacion del ritmo, precision al tocar y mucha elegancia...es todo un arte tocar un instrumento como este y horas de practica...unico...felicidades y gracias por compartir tu hermosa musica del alma...!!!

[@danielschull5736]

Absolutely beautiful, love your music. I don't get it, but when she plays, I feel great, maybe it's the power of music, who knows. But please, keep on playing.

[@paleokazakhstan]

No words. Perfectly

[@yinghuang4498]

这个泛音吹爆，好听

[@biochemwang2421]

非常好 。相比于演奏民族乐器的摇头摆尾流（二胡、琵琶、古筝），这位古琴演奏者真是一股清流。本该如此。

[@tsssta6664]

要根据曲子定的呀，身随心动，心随乐动。如果是酒狂这一类的曲子，不可能这么内敛了

[@Mtrl-newer]

@@tsssta6664 古琴不能摇头摆尾的。身体一晃动，音就不准了。左手抚琴动作容不得一点偏差的。

[@youzhang9201]

古琴悦己

[@kuku4629]

乐器 乐曲不同 理解不同 表演者性格差异 表演方式不同，演奏的姿态也是表演的内容，没什么本该如此。胸怀大点

[@user-ee4xl1bo1i]

捧一个踩一个？

[@rizavixen]

From lovely Guqin Comes a warm rising tone Ringing in my ears.

[@BoonFire]

Умница! Спасибо!

[@rl3969]

谢谢，获得了放松

[@ugsskywatchermckenzie4319]

holy higher power above this was amazing!

[@bastienleminh1286]

Beautiful...super ...she slides her finger..making a sound...like on the guitar !!!

[@longhair2678]

It's a stringed instrument like a guitar my amigo

[@felixli5135]

You are right, except that this 'guita' is about 3000 year old.

[@yuanshanjack9378]

遥远的倾诉，沁心扉，震肺腑，似一股青烟升腾，绕梁三日余音回荡，抒怀赐予升华。