Guqin, known as the treasure of Chinese traditional music culture, has its unique timbre and charm due to its rigorous and philosophical tuning system. Guqin tuning, also known as tuning, is the first link in the art of guqin performance. It not only determines the level and intonation of the music, but also relates to the emotional expression and artistic conception of the music.

Guqin usually has seven strings, representing Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, Yu, Wen, Wu seven scales respectively, corresponding to modern music theory C, D, E, G, A, B♭, C (bass range). Among them, the pitch of the first string to the seventh string decreases successively, forming a unique rule of pure five strings, which gives the Guqin a mellow and far-reaching tone.

In actual operation, the process of tuning the guqin requires extremely fine, and must be calibrated with the help of a tuner or a reference to a standard flute to ensure that the interval relationship between the strings is accurate. In addition, according to the different music played, Guqin can also be shifted to tune the strings, such as slow Angle tune, Ruibing tune, etc., which can not only broaden the expression of guqin music, but also reflect the unique wisdom of ancient people in music aesthetics.

The process of tuning Guqin strings is not only the precise control of melody, but also the inheritance of ancient music philosophy and cultural connotation. It not only requires the player to have a solid foundation of music theory, but also needs to have a deep understanding and perception of the guqin's rhyme aesthetics, so that in every tuning, to find the notes connecting the ancient and modern, so that the melodious melody of the thousand years of guqin reverberated in the long river of time and space again.