guqin

Chinese plucked string instrument: kind of zither or lyre, typically with 5 or 7 strings
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guqin

Summary

guqin ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,305 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • guqin is a type of Plucked string instrument[2].
  • guqin is a type of tube zither[3].
  • guqin is part of four arts of the Chinese scholar[4].
  • guqin's Commons category is recorded as Guqin[5].
  • guqin's country of origin is recorded as China[6].
  • guqin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Guqin[7].
  • guqin's Commons gallery is recorded as 古琴[8].
  • guqin's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00061[9].
  • guqin's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00061[10].
  • guqin's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00061[11].
  • guqin's topic has template is recorded as Template:Qin list[12].
  • guqin's used by is recorded as guqin player[13].
  • guqin's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 312.22[14].
  • guqin's has list is recorded as list of guqin songs[15].
  • guqin's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[16].
  • guqin's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity[17].
  • guqin's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include Plucked string instrument[2] and tube zither[3].

Use and Application

guqin is part of four arts of the Chinese scholar[4]. guqin's used by is recorded as guqin player[13].

Why It Matters

guqin ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,305 views/month).[1] guqin has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] guqin is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 10w ago · Kolja21 · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin
    Topic's main category Category:Guqin
    Subclass of Plucked string instrument, tube zither
    Used by guqin player
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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