Wu Wenguang performing “Guangling San“ (广陵散) on the guqin

Chinese guqin virtuoso Wu Wenguang (吴文光, b. 1946) performing the ancient composition “Guangling San“ (广陵散). Filmed in China, c. early 1980s. Wu is the son of Wu Jinglüe (吴景略, 1907-1987; one of the most important guqin players of the 20th century) and transmitter of the Yushan school. The guqin is a 7-string Chinese zither traditionally played by scholars for the past two millennia. From “Number 17 Cotton Mill Shanghai Blues: Music in China,“ a 1984 documentary film by Jeremy Marre.