High Mountain Zen Joy celebrates the profound cultural and spiritual heritage embodied in the Guqin, one of China’s oldest and most revered musical instruments. The title brings together two complementary ideas: “High Mountain,” symbolizing lofty virtue, noble character, and a transcendent state of being; and “Zen Joy,” expressing the quiet joy, inner peace, clarity, […]
It was a great honor to be invited to perform traditional Chinese guqin music at Parliament Hill in Ottawa in celebration of National Gathering Day. In front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada’s capital, this historic pan-Canadian Buddhist gathering has drawn to a close. Yet what mattered most was not simply the success of […]
The First Early-Autumn Performance by Stringless Guqin House Voice of Autumn in the Ear | Poetry of Music in the Heart On August 23, 2025, early autumn arrived quietly in Vancouver, bringing a subtle coolness to the air. At the Surrey Arts Centre, Autumn Dialogue unfolded—an evening where poetry met melody. Across generations and cultures, […]
Recently, BC Provincial Conservative Party Leader John Rustad, his wife, Member of the Legislative Assembly Teresa Wat, and several government officials visited the Stringless Guqin House to explore and engage in a cultural exchange centred on traditional Chinese Guqin music. Teresa Wat, who is of Chinese descent, is the first Chinese Canadian to serve as […]
BC MLA Teresa Wat led the BC United Party leader Kevin Falcon and candidates to visit our Stringless Guqin House and added my humble work The Way of the Guqin to their collection. BC United Party Leader Kevin Falcon (right) and MLA Teresa Wat (middle) BC United Party Leader Kevin Falcon (second left), candidate Jackie […]
My recent guqin lecture tour took me to several universities in Canada and China.
Celebrating a major milestone of Ye Jiaying, a distinguished scholar of classic Chinese poetry who dedicates her life in education.
August 2019 marked my first guqin cultural exchange at the University of São Paulo in Brazil.