Under an old flowering tree, six qin players sit on mats across a lawn in an arc, each at a low table, with a stream, a hall and seated and standing listeners behind; on the left a table holds a qin, a tea set, an incense burner and narcissus.
Qin Societies and Gatherings
Players who formed societies, met and taught each other, from older societies to today
Introduction
In April 1936, twenty-eight qin players founded the Jinyu Qin Society in Suzhou. It held a small yaji gathering every week and a larger one every month, and printed a journal of its own. In 1954 qin players in Beijing founded the Beijing Guqin Research Society, which collected old qin scores, reconstructed pieces from them and trained new players. Both societies were disbanded during the Cultural Revolution and resumed activity in 1980. The Jinyu Qin Society is still active today.