A Classic Through Eternity

• 来源期刊: 今日中国：英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 年，卷（期）: 2002,（12）
• 页码范围: 52-55
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: J602

摘要

FIVE years ago, an ancient Chinese air was beamed to outer space as a PR exercise. To humankind, music is a universal language, so the tune seemed an ideal medium for communication with extraterrestrial intelligence. So far there has been no response, but it is believed that the tune will play for a billion years, and eventually be heard and understood. The melody is called High Mountain and Flowing Stream, and it is played on the guqin, a seven-stringed classical musical instrument similar to the zither.