what is my music instament found in the rubbish

[shanew]

 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 

[skylee]

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).

 

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[shanew]

 wow i am so exited i have waited all day   and night for this post to  be posted   

[shanew]

 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 

[shanew]

  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