Guzheng

A guzheng played on a Dublin railway platform in February 2016, part of a Chinese New Year celebration. This long Chinese zither usually has 21 strings, each raised on its own movable bridge. The right hand plucks on one side of the bridges while the left presses the strings on the other side, adding the wavering vibrato that makes guzheng music sound like water moving. It is the ancestor of several Asian zithers, the Japanese koto among them.