The "Jiuxiao Huanpei" Guqin housed in the Liaoning Provincial Museum is an ancient and exquisitely crafted instrument, truly a rare treasure. The instrument is 122 centimeters in length and 21.2 centimeters in width, dating back to the mid-Tang Dynasty, with a history of over 1200 years. It is made of phoenix wood for the face and catalpa wood for the base, both of which are high-quality materials. The entire body is coated with a chestnut shell-colored lacquer, with some areas having been repainted in a lighter, yellowish hue. The face is slightly arched, while the bottom is flat. The head is semi-circular, and the neck curves slightly inward from the head to the shoulders; the waist has two inward-bending concave arcs on each side, with a sharp, peak-like protrusion at the intersection of the two arcs; the tail is also arched.
The face exhibits ox-hair crackle patterns, while the bottom has a combination of ice-crack and small snake-belly patterns. The bottom features a circular dragon pond and an oval phoenix marsh. Above the dragon pond, there is an inscription in seal script reading "Jiuxiao Huanpei," and below it, there is a square seal in seal script reading "Qinghe." The interior of the instrument has faux patchwork patterns. This guqin has a warm, strong, and resonant sound, with a pure and perfect tone, and has been admired by guqin players since the late Qing Dynasty as a highly valued instrument.
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