筝,发音清脆、明亮、优美、典雅,两千多年来在我国广为流传,至今不衰。筝,最初为五弦,经过漫长的岁月,逐渐发展到十六弦。解放后,在党和政府的关怀下,为适应音乐艺术蓬勃发展的需要,各地演奏家、制作者及技术人员又研制出十八弦、二十一 Zheng, pronounced crisp, bright, beautiful, elegant, more than two thousand years widely circulated in our country, so far not bad. Zheng, initially five strings, after a long period of years, gradually developed to sixteen strings. After the liberation, under the care of the party and the government, in order to meet the needs of vigorous development of music art, performers, producers and technicians from all over the country have also developed the eighteen strings, twenty-one