嶽山

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See also: 岳山

Chinese

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mountain mountain; hill
trad. (嶽山)
simp. (岳山)
anagram 山嶽山岳

Pronunciation

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Noun

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嶽山

  1. (music) the "great mountain" (either of the two bridges that run across the head and tail of the soundboards of Chinese zithers)

Usage notes

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The guqin has only one yueshan (located at the instrument's head), whereas the guzheng has two yueshan: the straight qian yueshan (前岳山) that is located at the instrument's head, and the hou yueshan (后岳山) that is located at the instrument's tail, which is usually S-shaped on modern 21-string instruments built since c. 1963.