Cheng

Cheng 1. Chin. zither, smaller than the she or the ch'in but similar, with individual movable bridges, usually 14 strings but sometimes fewer, said to have been invented in the 3rd c. B.C. It is still played on festive occasions. Cf. fu ch'in, yatag. It corresponds to the sō no koto of Japan; 2. shallow, basin-shaped gong of China that corresponds to the ching, 2, of Korea; 3. see: cai cheng (89, 170). Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAuthorAscendingDescending Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians…