Zhang Hao, a villager in Shanxi Province, spends three years to make a delicate guqin, a seven-stringed Chinese musical instrument, going through more than 200 complicated procedures. (Photos: Wu Liuhong/chinadaily.com.cn)

Zhang Hao tries the  guqin he made in his workshop at Xiaoyao village in Shanxi Province. 

Zhang Hao, a villager in Shanxi province, spends three years to make guqin, a seven-stringed Chinese musical instrument, going through more than 200 complicated procedures.

Zhang Hao tries the guqin he made in his workshop at Xiaoyao village in Shanxi Province.