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Zest for the qin legacy
Expert conservator breathes new life into the 700-year-old instrument

The CUHK Art Museum is a veritable treasure trove. One of its gems is a qin (a plucked seven-string Chinese instrument, also known as a zither with seven strings) created in the Zhongni, or Confucian, style. It was crafted between the Southern Song and early Ming dynasties.