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The London Youlan Qin Society (; often abbreviated to LYQS) is a London-based qin society serving guqin players in the UK. Of the three major qin societies of the West (the other two being the North American Guqin Association and the New York Qin Society), this society was the most informal but still the most active in terms of regular events and yajis. The Society began to draft a formal constitution in 2011 (ratified at the 2013 AGM〔(LYQS - AGM 26 Jan 2013 )〕) and has become a more formal learned society. ==History== The society was founded in July 2003 by Dr Cheng Yu and several guqin enthusiasts.〔(LYQS - Yaji 13 July 2003 )〕 According to the society's website, the society aims to "promote interest in and understanding of Chinese musical culture and philosophy, () especially of the qin in the UK."〔(LYQS - Introduction )〕 The society had existed before then in an inchoate form with a group of qin players having irregular yaji. Then in 2003, the group of players decided to create a more formal society at the suggestion of Gong Yi (who was visiting the UK at the time), thereby creating Britain's first and only qin society. The name of the society was arrived at after Gong Yi suggested 'London' sounded more cultured than 'UK' and upon Cheng Yu suggesting 'Youlan' (meaning "solitary orchid", the name of a famous guqin melody), Gong Yi informed her that that was the name of his daughter by coincidence. The society is an offshoot of the UK Chinese Ensemble, also headed by Cheng, which includes the Silk String Quartet and other projects. During 2009, it was decided that the Society would become more formal and adopt a new constitution in order to expand the Society's promotion as well as gain easier access to funding due to wide ranging cuts in arts funding in recent years placing its summer school programmes in jeopardy. Plans were laid down in October of that year and in 2011 the Society officially became formal with its first AGM held in January of that year.〔(LYQS - AGM 15 Jan 2011 )〕 A new committee was elected to support the Society's increased workload. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「London Youlan Qin Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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