①The word "zhiyin", which means close friends, comes from the story of Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi in the Spring and Autumn Period(时期).
②Boya was good at playing guqin. One day, he was playing music on his way home on the boat. To Boya's surprise, Ziqi, who made a living by cutting wood, happened to pass by. He could understand what Boya wanted to show through his music. After a long talk, they became good friends. Since Boya had to return, they agreed to meet again in the next year.
③However, when getting back to visit Ziqi, Boya heard that his friend had died. Boya felt very sad. He took out his guqin and played again the music when they first met. After playing the music, he said, "My best friend is dead. No one understands my music now." Then he broke his guqin into pieces. From then on Boya never played again.
④People in the Song Dynasty(朝代)built the Guqin Tai in Hanyang(now Wuhan, Hubei)to remember the deep friendship between Boya and Ziqi. Itbecame an important part of the local(当地的)culture.
⑤Zhiyin culture has new development in the new period. The famous Chinese classical music piece Gaoshan Liushui was performed during the G20 Summit(峰会)in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. The musical performance not only showed the beauty of traditional Chinese culture, but also showed China's wishes to develop its friendship with people from around the world.