Yang Haijiao

Director of the Recitation Teaching Method Special Committee under the Chinese Language Newspaper Association; official inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage Confucius Worship Ceremony; personal disciple of Master Li Wenguang; Vice President of Qufu Poetry Society Recitation Association; Top Ten Confucianism Lecturers in Qufu City.

Kong Lingkai

The 76th-generation descendant of Confucius, person-in-charge of Ritual & Music Inheriting Institute of Three Confucian Sites Cultural Tourism in Qufu, inheritor and executive director of the national intangible cultural heritage Confucius Worship Ceremony. Since 2015, he has planned and participated in numerous major cultural events including the Confucius Worship Ceremonies in Suixi Guangdong, Zizhong Sichuan, and the overseas Chinese Confucius Ceremony in Incheon South Korea, as well as Shandong intangible cultural heritage exhibitions in Australia and New Zealand. He also took part in the live show at the Qufu sub-venue of 2018 CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

Xu Dazheng

Inheritor of intangible cultural heritage Xu-style Pottery Musical Instruments Craftsmanship. He devotes himself to elegant traditional music culture via xiao and xun, seeking inner peace and original mind amid the serene ancient tones of wind instruments.

Kong Qingping

Manager of Yifan Studio, senior tea art master. He is deeply fond of traditional Chinese elegant culture, enjoys tea tasting and guqin practice, advocates a tranquil and simple lifestyle, and pursues inner peace and serene joy in the integration of tea art and qin music.

Lü Xinyu

Member of Shaanxi Guqin Research Association, 2025 postgraduate student majoring in Guqin at Shaanxi Normal University under Professor Lin Weili. She received early qin education from Liu Qi and studied under Wei Xihang during undergraduate years. She won the Excellent Performance Award in the First Yueyang Tower Cup Online Guqin Exhibition.

Meng Lingwei

Graduated from the Department of Music, Ludong University. He studied under renowned Shandong qin master Zhu Ziyi and many other virtuosos. He serves as Director of Guqin Culture and Art Committee of China Traditional Culture Promotion Association, member of China Guqin Association and full-time guqin teacher at Shandong Yingcai University. He is well-versed in traditional qin performance, tablature reconstruction, qin song creation, modern qin adaptation and guqin making. In 2025, nineteen traditional qin works performed by him were collected on the official website of Three Gorges Museum for cultural publicity.

Li Haiping

Director of Guqin Society under International Musicians Federation, director of China Guqin Committee, member of China Guqin Association, Vice President of Zibo Guqin Professional Committee and inheritor of Boshan Guqin Performance intangible cultural heritage. He is committed to guqin performance, teaching and instrument development, having learned from distinguished masters including Wu Na, Zhu Ziyi, Li Kongyuan and Qiao Shan. He has reconstructed and published dozens of qin scores. He was invited to attend the Donggao Qin Score Research Seminar in Hangzhou in 2018, and claimed the first prize in the individual group at the First National Qin Song & Poetry Art Exhibition in 2019. He performed Ode to Snow at Qiao Shan’s New Rhythm of Guqin Concert, joined the Yuefu Waiji Qin Score Seminar in 2021, held the Ancient Serene Qin Gathering in 2023 and participated in the 35th Global Ancient Melody Tour Concert in the same year.

Ban Weiwei

Founder of Wei Qin & Zheng Studio, inheritor of Yiyang Guqin Performance intangible cultural heritage in Jining City, Vice President of Guqin Society under Jining National Orchestral Music Association, certified guqin examiner of China National Orchestral Music Association and art director of Zoulu Traditional Music Troupe. She is a key cultivated talent of national art foundation representing Zhucheng School, and has been invited many times to record programs and give interviews on CCTV.

Fan Jingbin

A native guqin artist from Tengzhou Shandong, he studied qin under Zhu Ziyi, Li Jia’an, Ma Jie and other masters. Currently he serves as President of Tengzhou Guqin Association and member of China Guqin Association.

Liu Hanliang

Senior engineer, national first-class constructor, young teacher of Heze Vocational College of Home Economics, director of Heze Musicians Association, Secretary-General of Guqin Academic Committee and Vice President of Heze Orchestral Music Association. He learned shakuhachi from Taiwanese master Wang Jinde and Japanese master Kaki Sakae, and is an authorized instructor of Shakuhachi Castle Association and International Shakuhachi Training Institute.

Kong Jun

Female, Han nationality, native of Qufu Shandong, permanent resident of Quli and the 76th-generation descendant of Confucius. She is the inheritor of Confucian Mansion elegant music and guqin art intangible cultural heritage, founder of Xiaoshao Qin Academy, elegant music instructor of Supreme Sage Ritual & Music Institute, Secretary-General of Confucius Artists Association, director of Jining Guqin Professional Committee and co-founder of Landscape Guqin Art Center. She regularly takes part in Confucian Temple sacrificial rituals, and dedicates herself to the research, inheritance and promotion of Confucian Mansion qin studies and grand elegant music based on ancient collected documents such as Complete Book of Grand Music Rhythms and Complete Inherited Essence of Qin Studies.

Zhang Yang

Native of Linyi, inheritor of Luozhuang Guqin Performance intangible cultural heritage, certified social music teacher by China Conservatory of Music and member of China Guqin Association, initiator of Linyi Guqin Lovers Exchange Society. Raised in a scholarly family, he later studied under Liu Hongguang of Zhucheng School and further learned from famous qin artists including Zhu Ziyi, Li Jia’an, Li Tianhuan, Huang Mei, Li Mengjie and Li Jinna, forming a steady and elegant playing style.

Xu Wenyu

Courtesy name Jifang, art name Shigao Gongzi. He has been practising guqin and xiao for more than ten years under the tutelage of Master Jin Wei from Zhuji, and is a graduate of the first Guqin Advanced Training Course of Peking University School of Art.

Yang Ci’en

Courtesy name Huiren, native of Guangzhou Guangdong. He studied guqin under Wang Taiheng and Xu Wenyu, and received guidance from Master Jin Wei. He once worked as a guqin teacher at Laizhou Cultural Center and won the silver award in the First Guangzhou Junior Instrumental Music Competition.

Zhou Wang

Guqin artist based in Jining, who learned from Zhu Ziyi of Zhucheng School and Li Jia’an of Guangling School. He founded Ruohai Qin Society in 2020.

Li Chengpu

He began learning guqin from his father Li Haiping in his childhood, and later pursued further study under Professor Huang Mei from China Conservatory of Music. He won the gold award at the National Qin Melody Space Art Exhibition in 2022, the gold medal at the Nanfeng Cup International Guqin Competition during the 4th Singapore Guqin Art Festival in 2023, the first prize in the junior group at the Maritime Silk Rhythm International Guqin Art Festival in 2024, and the top gold award in the children’s group at the 5th Yuantai Cup National Guqin Exhibition in the same year.

Li Yuehua

Born in Heilongjiang in 1987 and settled in Linyi Shandong, she is a young cultural scholar and professional guqin performer, serving as president of Manlu Qin Society, member of Linyi Calligraphers Association and Linyi Poetry Society. She received early guqin training from Li Fengying of Zhucheng School and learned from various masters afterwards. She features elegant and moderate playing style, and is especially adept at performing Flowing Water and Misty Clouds over Xiao and Xiang Rivers, winning wide praise in various performances.

Liu Hongguang

He learned guqin from Zhu Ziyi and Wang Xiaotian of Zhucheng School, and received careful guidance from Associate Professor Huang Mei of China Conservatory of Music, meanwhile absorbing the essence of Jiuyi School and Guangling School. As a member of China Kunqu Opera Research Association, he has long been committed to promoting guqin exchanges among enthusiasts in Shandong Province.

Chen Li

President of Dongling Qin Society in Jining and certified guqin teacher by China Conservatory of Music. She first studied under Liu Hongguang, and later received professional instruction from authoritative masters including Wu Wenguang, Li Jia’an, Li Tianhuan, Zhu Ziyi and Li Mengjie.

Sun Xiaopeng

Director of the Teaching & Research Office, School of Education, Binzhou Polytechnic. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Guqin Performance from Xi’an Conservatory of Music and a master’s degree in Art Studies from Hebei University. He has been awarded titles including National Outstanding Lifelong Learner, Binzhou Model Female Staff, Distinguished Teacher and Excellent Teacher of Binzhou Polytechnic. His main research fields cover preschool education (music skills) and traditional Chinese culture (guqin studies). He has presided over and participated in 3 provincial-level, 9 municipal-level and 2 college-level research projects. His course Performance Techniques of Shandong Zhucheng School Guqin was selected as a featured community education course by the Ministry of Education.

Zhang Yukui

Member of Shandong Musicians Association and Shandong Quyi Artists Association, President of Guqin Professional Committee under Heze Musicians Association, specially-appointed guqin teacher of Heze University and curator of Zhixian Guqin Inheriting Studio.

Wen Qinghui

Member of China Guqin Society, tutor of advanced guqin training class under Renmin University of China Academy of Painting, certified art grading examiner of China Philharmonic Society, specially-appointed teacher of Shandong Institute of Petrochemical Technology, manager of Zhe Garden and President of Dongying Guqin Association. He started his guqin learning under Mao Yi of Zhucheng School, and further studied the art of Guangling School, Min School and Jiuyi School. With simple and sincere playing style, he integrates guqin into poetry, tea and painting culture, and is proficient in guqin making as well as classic repertoires such as High Mountains, Crane Dancing in Fairyland, Li Sao and Lonely Orchid.

Liu Qi

Doctor of Ethnomusicology, associate professor, person in charge of Shandong intangible cultural heritage Guqin Making Craftsmanship, Deputy Director of Overseas Promotion Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage Culture under Shandong Overseas Chinese International Cultural Exchange Promotion Association, Vice President and Director of Guqin Committee of Jining National Orchestral Music Association. He is listed in Contemporary Chinese Guqin Makers, holding memberships in China Musicians Association and China National Orchestral Music Association, and working as a national guqin grading examiner. He is among the first batch of Qilu Cultural Celebrities in Shandong Province, and has compiled numerous professional books including Practical Introductory Tutorial to Guqin, Collection of Classic Guqin Pieces, Qiyu Qin Scores, Qin Songs and Poetic Rhymes of Qin Scores.