shanew Posted February 6, 2014 at 09:58 AM Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 at 09:58 AM hello i work at a rubbish bump in australia and have come across this guitar it has some nice paintings and some parts are missing the handle looking things and the coin or medal was inside the item it is not in thebest shape could anyone tell me what it says and what the medal is for is it fo playing this instament as it was inside it rattling around i have a few thing i will ask you about as i have a few thing any way thanks for looking shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted February 7, 2014 at 09:14 AM Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 at 09:14 AM Very interesting. If I am not mistaken, this instrument is called "ruan" 阮. The words at the back are "青風明月本無價，遠山近水(皆)有情". I am not sure about the word in brackets. Basically it means something like "the clear breezes and the bright moon are priceless and the mountains and waters far and near all have feelings". But of course those feelings are what people project to the mountains and waters. The stamp says 同治年製 (made during the Tongzhi years, ie 1862-1874). Not sure how true this is. The words on the medal are "銀行俱樂部 / 卅二年八月 / 王統元贈 / 慈善擊彈讓分比賽" (Bank Club / August 1943 / a gift from Wang Tongyuan / Charity golf game with handicap). I am not sure what 擊彈 is and I guess it means golf. At the back of the medal is 李公穎君 (a name Li Ying). If you find this reply helpful, you can vote it up by clicking the green arrow at the bottom right corner of this post. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanew Posted February 7, 2014 at 10:04 AM Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 at 10:04 AM wow i am so exited i have waited all day and night for this post to be posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanew Posted February 7, 2014 at 10:08 AM Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 at 10:08 AM wow a golf trophy i was told it could be a shooting trophy but they were not shore as they only did china for 1 year at school so i could be a old ruan what were they made from the painting looks old and very well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanew Posted February 7, 2014 at 10:11 AM Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 at 10:11 AM here is a good question what is the rose looking thing on the top of all the ruans you see if you google ruan they all have the same thing a flower or rose not shore what it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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