Explained: The Qin. Why Is It China’s Most PRECIOUS Instrument?

In 2010 a Qin sold for $22 million. This makes it not just the most expensive instrument from China, but from anywhere!
I will break down why the qin (also known as Guqin) is such a culturally and financially valuable object as I take you on a journey from the invention to the current day, by way of it being played by Confucius and taken into space. So please sit back and enjoy, and if you’d like to receive similar content in future then subscribe.
This video was inspired by a lecture I had watched on the Qin at this link: • Visualizing Sound: A L...
The content is good, but I’ve tried to present the key info in a fun way.

[@sasaltydog1959]

you may have confused the guqin 古琴 with the guzheng 古筝 in some clips
E.g. at 0:50 it's actually a guzheng shown

[@allregretto]

Agreed. Also, right before the kungfu hustle clip during Bao, that instrument is a pipa, not a qin. Enjoyed the video though

[@sindhepandurang118]

Sir, You got fantastic video editing skills. How did you do that? took any uni course or worked at vox or something? You are my inspiration. Pls help me I do wanna make fantastic video like this on International relations/geopolitics?

[@oo--7714]

It isn't hard, all you need to do is copy vox/1791l

[@EsperanzaLibertad-sh6sv]

These aren’t guitar tabs..

[@lilybloom568]

Wrong info bro 😅 There's a difference between the two.

[@docn.235]

No, in 功夫成 it shows a guzheng not a guqin! Do not teach wrong content about Guqin...