VancouverGREATER VANCOUVER EVENT
Between String and Brush
This event combines traditional Chinese guqin music and traditional Chinese painting. Chinese traditional musician, composer, and educator Zhenghua Zheng introduces the guqin’s thousand-year history.
- Date and time
- Location
- Central Library — Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level · 350 W Georgia St · Vancouver · V6B 6B1
- Organizer
- Vancouver Public Library
About this event
This cultural event combines traditional Chinese guqin music and Chinese painting. Musician, composer and educator Zhenghua Zheng introduces the guqin’s thousand-year history, craftsmanship and restoration, including the process of replicating ancient instruments. National First-Class Artist of China Xiaogang Wang paints live to guqin music, explaining Chinese painting fundamentals and the appreciation of collectible scholar’s objects, the Four Treasures of the Study.
A special exhibition presents ancient guqins, Zheng’s Longyin (Dragon’s Roar) guqin, and selected paintings by Wang. Zimo Wang, a freelance artist, 2D animator and practitioner of traditional Chinese arts who studies under both masters, moderates.
October 24, 2026, 1–4:30 p.m., Alice MacKay Room on the lower level of Central Library, 350 W Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1. Free; no registration is required. Elevator access is in the concourse near the bank machine. Wheelchair spaces are available; alternate seating may be arranged on request. Contact programs@vpl.ca for access needs and consult Central Library’s accessibility information for physical access details.
The Library’s English description calls the instrument’s wood Canadian red cedar, while its Chinese description says 加拿大红松. These descriptions differ; ask the organizer to confirm the material. General enquiries: 604-331-3603.