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2021-08-28

TaiGuYiYin Qin’s visual fine shaping

Because the unique design of ShiKuang Qin, to be elegant and coordination, it is necessary to start with the fine shaping of whole body. And among them, a huge circle slightly above the middle is a bold design that is not appear in all Guqin models in the past, and because of a huge circle on the appearance, the Qin making is accordingly adjusted and even the tuning emphasized.

Before the ShiKuang Qin fine shaping, it must combing the meaning of the well-knowing as “Tang Yuan Song Bian” cleary (Tang Dynasty’s rounded and Song Dynasty’s flated), and the style dividing line of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among them, “Tang Yuan Song Bian”, I am more prefer to understand it as the switching ratio between arc curve and flat straight line in the aesthetics of the visual. The aesthetics of Tang Dynasty visual it more tend to use the arcs and curved surfaces as high proportions, while the Song Dynasty used arcs to connect flat straight surfaces. As for the Ming Qing and the Republic of China, they tended to be Westernized style.

As for my position with the design of Shi Kuang Qin, I combine the three traits of Tang’s shape, Song’s temperament, and Ming’s details. In particularly that the Hu Zhen，I referred to the simple design of the Xuande furnace in the Ming Dynasty, smoothly connecting “Tang Yuan” and “Song Bian” without being superfluous.