New Day Café: Moyun

(h/t ScrutinizOr)

Moyun is a Hong Kong-based musician who plays the guzheng, also called the Chinese zither. She gained millions of followers on the Chinese equivalent of YouTube, but is perhaps best known here for her covers of pop songs.

She’s also known for never showing her face.

What is a guzheng?

The guzheng traces its roots to China before the 6th century BCE. The oldest zheng found so far dates to about 598 BCE….

Most modern guzheng have 21 or more strings but 16 and 18-string guzheng are still made….

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A guzheng is considered a heterochord half-tube zither in the chordophone category by Hornbostel-Sachs, an exhaustive system for classifying instruments.

A chordophone is any instrument that makes music with strings.

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“Stairway to Heaven”

“Libertango”

Whoa, did not know this.

In 2023, the UK got 100% of its electricity from Wall Sockets. https://t.co/Gok6h05Bxj

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“Who was Li Qingzhao drinking with on the night she wrote ‘如梦令’"

Doves drinking. Mosaic from House of the Doves, Pompeii. Collection: Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy. Photo By: Jebulon (CC0). pic.twitter.com/vcOql2odUM

— Archaeology & Art (@archaeologyart) September 6, 2024

“Sweet Child O’ Mine”

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“Playing God”

A 16th century gold ring that unfolds into an astronomical sphere. Collection: British Museum. pic.twitter.com/2kB9BmnPlD

— Archaeology & Art (@archaeologyart) September 5, 2024

“All the Thoughts Are the Galaxy”

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— Terrible Maps (@TerribleMaps) September 3, 2024

"Da Jiu Ge"

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So c’mon in the café and grab a cuppa...

Yixing teapot & Chinese porcelain Tete-a-Tete: ready for you to celebrate #NationalTeaDay along with painter Pieter Roestraten. He was, by amazing coincidence, born OTD in 1630. pic.twitter.com/wIFg9V3he0

— Dr. Peter Paul Rubens (@PP_Rubens) April 21, 2024

...and a nice nosh...

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— WhereZhengzhou (@Where_Zhengzhou) September 3, 2024

...and join us!

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