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2025 Guzheng Brand Ranking

【2025 Guzheng Brand Ranking】Relying on the big data of the whole network, the Guzheng brands selected according to the brand awareness, brand strength, word-of-mouth evaluation and sales popularity of Guzheng (in no particular order): Dunhuang, Hongsheng, Zhuque, Dingyun, Dongyun, Longfeng, Jinyun, Biquan, Qionghua, Yayun, If you are querying what brand of Guzheng is good? This Guzheng brand ranking list is for your reference only.

TOP.1

Dunhuang Shanghai

Zheng first appeared in the Warring States Period, the shape of the 5-string system, to the Han Dynasty has become a popular folk and elegant musical instrument. Since the 50s of the 20th century, with the creation of a series of guzheng music, the traditional guzheng has been continuously reformed in shape, and has gradually developed into today's 21-string system. Mr. Xu Zhengao, known as the father of the guzheng, entered the No. 1 Shanghai National Musical Instrument Factory in 1958 and successfully developed the 16/18/19 string guzheng. Subsequently, together with his master Miao Jinlin, he developed the S-shaped Yueshan 21-string Dunhuang zither to expand the range of the traditional guzheng and beautify the style of the zither, and the S21-163 (S-shaped Yueshan, 21-string, 163cm long) has also become the standard style of the national zither today. In 1963, Mr. Xu Zhengao created several woodcut patterns of Dunhuang Guzheng such as Shuanghe Chaoyang, and successively improved the strings and codes of Dunhuang Guzheng, and began to use the assembly process for the production of Dunhuang Guzheng, which greatly increased the output of Guzheng, and Dunhuang Guzheng also became the leader in the development of Guzheng industry. The first Shanghai national musical instrument factory, also because of the production of Dunhuang guzheng in China's national musical instrument industry is famous, established is still the largest in China...

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86

popularity

13364
TOP.2

Macro Taiwan

Founded in 1972 in Taiwan, Hongsheng Guzheng is produced by Taiwan Hongsheng Chinese Music Factory, which has a long reputation in the industry and is known as the rhyme of the Republic of China because of its clear and mellow pronunciation, long life and good resonance effect. Different from the folding zither represented by Dunhuang, Hongsheng adopts the traditional zither digging process, that is, the whole paulownia wood excavation process is used, and there is no wooden bridge and sound beam structure connected between the panel and the bottom plate, and the resonance box is hollow and has no frame structure. The ancient method of whole digging is a kind of more time-consuming and labor-intensive, small output of the traditional zheng-making process, due to the cumbersome process, the cost is higher, now has basically been replaced by the folding kite. However, compared with the folding board kite, the panel of the whole digging kite is connected with the side plate itself, which maintains the integrity of the paulownia wood and does not need to be spliced and bonded, so the resonance of the kite body is better, the overall vibration is uniform when playing, the sound is uniform, and it is not easy to crack, and the service life is relatively longer. The panels and side panels of the Hongsheng Guzheng are made of first-class paulownia wood, and the exterior decoration is made of walnut. The wood relies on natural drying, and the general production cycle is about 3-5 years. Macro sound zither on the panel...

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Score

84

popularity

20402
TOP.3

Suzaku Shaanxi

Shaanxi region is the birthplace of Chinese zither, in the nine schools of zither, Shaanxi zither is called the voice of the real Qin, and the red bird as a representative of the Qin zither, can be said to be as famous as Dunhuang, in the industry has the south of Dunhuang, the north of the red bird said. Founded in 1958 by the Xi'an Conservatory of Music Musical Instrument Factory, the Suzaku Guzheng was originally designed for the professional teaching services of the Xi'an Conservatory of Music. Suzaku Guzheng and Hongsheng are similar in the production process, and also adopt the whole digging process of the tong as the body, without a lattice, except for the 5 series in the internal increase of support beams, the rest of the series are hollow inside. For example, the Vermilion Bird Guzheng will engrave a striped sound groove inside the soundboard to make the sound more uniform and soft, and it adopts the standard S21-163 shape, without the small head design of Hongsheng and the small guzheng design with smaller specifications. Suzaku has its own paulownia planting base, and the panels are made of high-quality paulownia wood.

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83

popularity

8857
TOP.4

Dingyun Shanghai

Dingyun Guzheng and Dunhuang Guzheng have a lot of origins, the founder of Dingyun Tang Zhengjun has studied under Mr. Xu Zhengao, his zheng-making technology is perfect, during the work in Shanghai National Musical Instrument Factory has won the zither championship for several consecutive years, known as the kite making ghost talent by industry insiders. Later, he founded Dingyun brand guzheng, which was quickly welcomed because of its excellent quality. Dingyun and Dunhuang master out of the same door, in the production process is more similar, is also the use of folding plate production. But Ding Yun also made its own improvements on the basis of inheritance, the timbre of Dunhuang Guzheng is high-pitched and bright, crisp and pleasant, but its timbre in the bass area is weak. Tang Zhengjun has undergone a series of improvements, and the thickness of the panel has been slightly changed, which weakens the brightness of the treble area, making the timbre of the middle range more mellow and the timbre of the bass area more vigorous, which is more suitable for beginners to learn, and the applicable repertoire is also wider than that of Dunhuang. On the whole, Dingyun Guzheng performs well in the popular zither at low and medium prices, among which the 912 and 902 series are suitable for beginners, and the price is about 3600 yuan. The 912 Reflection Flower and Bird is one of the more popular ones, with a red pear finish...

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Score

81

popularity

17463
TOP.5

Eastern rhyme Shaanxi

Like Dingyun and Dunhuang, Dongyun and Vermilion Bird also have a relationship. Dongyun Guzheng was founded by Professor Zhai Zhirong, the founder of Suzaku Guzheng and former president of Xi'an Conservatory of Music. After retiring from the Xi'an Conservatory of Music, Professor Zhai developed and designed a new type of guzheng and founded the Dongyun brand, which won the national invention patent and the National Science Progress Award. Dongyun Guzheng is similar to Suzaku in terms of production method, but it is not exactly the same. In addition to the high-level zheng, which uses the same traditional whole digging process as the Suzaku, there are also some popular zhengs that use the folding plate process, and some intermediate playing zhengs use the puzzle digging process (only the panel part is the digging process), and they also incorporate their own characteristics in the production process. For example, the high-end zither panel has been adjusted in thickness, arc, and sound groove size, and the internal sound groove is wider and flatter than that of Suzaku, which also ensures the overall vibration. The number of sound outlets in the bottom plate is increased, and it is arranged in a star shape, which is convenient for sound transmission, and the sound radiation is more directional. The Suzaku zither lacks penetration in the high register, making it not suitable for playing modern repertoire. Professor Zhai has combined the Western ...

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80

popularity

22048
TOP.6

Dragon and phoenix Jiangsu

Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province is known as the hometown of Chinese zither, Liu Yuxi's poem Qing Zheng promotes the thirteen strings of Gui, and the merchant girl in Yangzhou City depicts Yangzhou Guzheng. At first, Shanghai National Musical Instrument Factory No. 1 supported Yangzhou musical instrument production enterprises to produce guzheng, and then after development, it formed a guzheng industry cluster in Yangzhou, and combined with local characteristics of carved lacquer technology, forming today's Yangzhou guzheng. Longfeng belongs to one of the earliest manufacturers of Guzheng in Yangzhou, which was founded in 1986 and produced by Yangzhou National Musical Instrument Development Factory, which was originally a subsidiary of the Children's Palace, and the founder Tian Bugao was originally a guzheng teacher. The quality and sound quality of the dragon and phoenix zither are relatively prominent in Yangzhou Zheng, and it has now become the representative of Yangzhou Zheng. In the face of the fierce market competition in Yangzhou Guzheng industry cluster, Longfeng has invested more in the research and development of Guzheng, and the most commendable is the development of double-arc and double-box Zheng-making patented technology, which integrates its own characteristics on the basis of the traditional Yangzhou Zheng. The dragon and phoenix double-arc zither is to bake the bottom plate into the same arc as the panel, so that the bottom plate is also in a tense state, and it is easy to coordinate and resonate with the panel when playing,...

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Score

78

popularity

8758
TOP.7

Jin Yun Jiangsu

Yangzhou Jinyun Musical Instrument Royal Workshop Co., Ltd. was founded in 1995, similar to Dingyun, the founder Xiong Liqun also studied under Xu Zhengao in 1987, learned to make guzheng in Shanghai National Musical Instrument Factory, and later founded the Jinyun brand alone, and its products have been selected by the National Golden Bell Award Guzheng Competition for many times. Jin Yun and Ding Yun roughly continue the production method of Dunhuang Guzheng, but Jin Yun has not been particularly improved in the production process, so there are similarities with Dunhuang in timbre performance, the treble is clear and high-pitched, the midrange is mellow and full, and the bass is not rich enough. Compared with the hard playing feel of Dunhuang, the feel of Yangzhou Zheng is generally soft, and the same is true of Jin Yun. In terms of appearance decoration, the combination of Jinyun guzheng and Yangzhou's characteristic carving lacquer technology, the overall is relatively calm and elegant, and the paint surface is uniform and shiny. Jin Yun Guzheng has no series division in the model, the price of the popular Zheng is about 3000-4000 yuan, of which the Feng Yasong model is the most popular, the head and tail of the Zheng are engraved technology, the overall shape is graceful. The price of Jin Yun intermediate performance Zheng is around 5,000 yuan, among which the Bingqing Yujie model is more generational...

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76

popularity

18407
TOP.8

Biquan Jiangsu

Biquan Guzheng was founded in the 90s of the 20th century, produced by Yangzhou Zhengsheng National Musical Instrument Factory, and its strength is relatively good in Yangzhou Guzheng manufacturers, with an annual output of nearly 20,000 units of various national musical instruments, and its products are also more popular in the Guzheng market. As one of the representatives of Yangzhou Zheng, Biquan was interviewed by CCTV in 2001 about the production process of its national musical instruments. In September 2004, Biquan brand guzheng won the gold medal in the first national high-end national musical instrument production competition. Biquan Guzheng still continues the characteristics of Yangzhou Zheng, with a soft feel and a long aftersound, which is suitable for playing classical repertoire. Biquan does not have a clear series division in the model, and its popular zither price is about 2600 yuan, with uniform finishing lacquer, with lettering technology, simple and elegant. The price of the intermediate playing zither is about 3000-4000 yuan, and the ebony plain model is elegant and generous, with a smooth lacquer surface, but some of the corners are not carefully processed enough, and the surface of the corners is slightly rough. The price of Biquan high-end performance Zheng is similar to that of other brands, and it is also more than 10,000 yuan, and the finishing material is made of more expensive materials such as golden silk nanmu, and the head, tail and side panels of the zither are carved...

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Score

73

popularity

12881
TOP.9

Qionghua Jiangsu

Qionghua Guzheng is produced by Yangzhou Qionghua National Musical Instrument Co., Ltd., formerly known as Yangzhou Gaoyou County Songqiao Town Wood Processing Factory established in 1989, is one of the earliest enterprises in China to produce Guzheng billets, with an annual design capacity of more than 30,000 units. In 2004, Qionghua began to focus on professional-grade guzheng, and in 2005 and 2006, Qionghua guzheng won the gold medal in the national musical instrument production competition of the China International Musical Instrument Exhibition. The overall characteristics of Yangzhou Zheng are very similar, the timbre of the Guzheng is relatively mellow, the feel is softer, and the interpretation repertoire has a long aftertaste. Qionghua Guzheng is more special in the structure of the Zheng code foot on the ordinary basis slightly increased by 30%, easier to fit with the panel, good stability, not easy to jump code. However, the color of the guzheng panel is not uniform enough, and the color of the panel of some models is black, which is not beautiful enough. Qionghua Guzheng is not based on the level of learning for obvious series division, its popularization of Zheng in 2000-3000 yuan or so, of which the spring and Jingming and Hua Fei Butterfly Dance model is more popular, the tail of the Zheng using digging and embedding technology, the first printing of calligraphy on the Zheng, the lacquer color is bright but not gaudy. Intermediate playing Zheng at 4000 -...

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Score

72

popularity

23021
TOP.10

Yayun Jiangsu

Yayun is a brand of Yangzhou Yayun Zheng Co., Ltd., formerly known as Yangzhou Oriental National Musical Instrument Factory. As a Yangzhou zheng, Yayun also integrates elements of Yangzhou's traditional lacquerware, jade and carving techniques to form a Yayun guzheng with Yangzhou characteristics. Yayun mainly produces mid-range and entry-level guzheng, and the quality of guzheng has been relatively stable, and some details are relatively good. Yayun paulownia panels are all produced in Lankao, Henan, with a straight and clear texture, a loose surface of the baking panel, and good sound conductivity. The Guzheng string hole is made of embedded anti-wear PP material, which is not durable enough compared to the commonly used metal-plated string hole, but it can also effectively reduce the wear of the string. Although the PP material edging of the sound outlet hole at the bottom plate is not as beautiful as the mahogany edging, it can also protect the edge of the sound hole from wear and crack. Yayun low-level Zheng models are more, the price is concentrated in about 1000-3000 yuan, the most popular is the Zheng Zheng outstanding series of alpine flowing water, because of the different finishing materials are divided into 4 specific models, the appearance of the color is also different, wenge wood is deep and elegant, red sandalwood...

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Score

71

popularity

14626

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Qionghua

Qionghua Guzheng is produced by Yangzhou Qionghua National Musical Instrument Co., Ltd., formerly known as Yangzhou Gaoyou County Songqiao Town Wood Processing Factory established in 1989, is one of the earliest enterprises in China to produce Guzheng billets, with an annual design capacity of more than 30,000 units. 2004, Joan
2 22048
Eastern rhyme

Like Dingyun and Dunhuang, Dongyun and Vermilion Bird also have a relationship. Dongyun Guzheng was founded by Professor Zhai Zhirong, the founder of Suzaku Guzheng and former president of Xi'an Conservatory of Music. After retiring from the Xi'an Conservatory of Music, Professor Zhai developed and designed a new style of guzheng and founded the Dongyun brand.
3 20402
Macro

Founded in 1972 in Taiwan, Hongsheng Guzheng is produced by Taiwan Hongsheng Chinese Music Factory, which has a long reputation in the industry and is known as the rhyme of the Republic of China because of its clear and mellow pronunciation, long life and good resonance effect. It is not with the folding zither represented by Dunhuang
4 18407
Jin Yun

Yangzhou Jinyun Musical Instrument Royal Workshop Co., Ltd. was founded in 1995, similar to Dingyun, the founder Xiong Liqun also studied under Xu Zhengao in 1987, learned to make guzheng in Shanghai National Musical Instrument Factory, and later founded the Jinyun brand alone, and its products have been repeatedly golden
5 17463
Dingyun

Dingyun Guzheng and Dunhuang Guzheng have a lot of origins, the founder of Dingyun Tang Zhengjun has studied under Mr. Xu Zhengao, his zheng-making technology is perfect, during the work in Shanghai National Musical Instrument Factory has won the zither championship for several consecutive years, known as the kite making ghost talent by industry insiders. After coming from
6 14626
Yayun

Yayun is a brand of Yangzhou Yayun Zheng Co., Ltd., formerly known as Yangzhou Oriental National Musical Instrument Factory. As a Yangzhou zheng, Yayun also integrates elements of Yangzhou's traditional lacquerware, jade and carving techniques to form a Yayun guzheng with Yangzhou characteristics.
7 13364
Dunhuang

Zheng first appeared in the Warring States Period, the shape of the 5-string system, to the Han Dynasty has become a popular folk and elegant musical instrument. Since the 50s of the 20th century, with the creation of a series of guzheng music, the traditional guzheng has been continuously reformed in form and gradually developed into today
8 12881
Biquan

Biquan Guzheng was founded in the 90s of the 20th century, produced by Yangzhou Zhengsheng National Musical Instrument Factory, and its strength is relatively good in Yangzhou Guzheng manufacturers, with an annual output of nearly 20,000 units of various national musical instruments, and its products are also more popular in the Guzheng market. Biquan as Yangzhou Zheng
9 8857
Suzaku

Shaanxi region is the birthplace of Chinese zither, in the nine schools of zither, Shaanxi zither is called the voice of the real Qin, and the red bird as a representative of the Qin zither, can be said to be as famous as Dunhuang, in the industry has the south of Dunhuang, the north of the red bird said. Suzaku Guzheng was founded in 1958
10 8758
Dragon and phoenix

Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province is known as the hometown of Chinese zither, Liu Yuxi's poem Qing Zheng promotes the thirteen strings of Gui, and the merchant girl in Yangzhou City depicts Yangzhou Guzheng. At first, Shanghai National Musical Instrument Factory No. 1 supported Yangzhou musical instrument production enterprises to produce guzheng, and then it was formed after development

2025 Guzheng Brand Ranking

Dunhuang Shanghai

Macro Taiwan

Suzaku Shaanxi

Dingyun Shanghai

Eastern rhyme Shaanxi

Dragon and phoenix Jiangsu

Jin Yun Jiangsu

Biquan Jiangsu

Qionghua Jiangsu

Yayun Jiangsu

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