@article {167837,
	title = {"Tradition," Internal Debates, and Future Directions: The Concept of Tradition and Its Relation to Time in the Practices of the Chinese Seven-Stringed Zither},
	journal = {????},
	year = {2009},
	month = {2009///},
	pages = {97 - 124},
	abstract = {The aim of this paper is to explore the concept of {\textquotedblright}tradition{\textquotedblright} of the Chinese seven-stringed zither qin 琴 and its association with issues of {\textquotedblright}intangible heritage,{\textquotedblright} {\textquotedblright}internal debate,{\textquotedblright} as well as its connection to the current and future practices of the instrument itself. The article introduces the discourse on {\textquotedblright}tradition{\textquotedblright} from an anthropological perspective before turning to its relationship with the above-mentioned issues. The paper also focuses on the material aspects of the qin by examining its associations with the concept of tradition and time (the past, present, and future). As a constantly renewing process and one that is often limited to a particular pace or speed of change, the concept of {\textquotedblright}tradition{\textquotedblright} has indeed played a very important role within contemporary qin practices and has provided a vision that projects toward the future. By using the case of the qin, the paper further suggests that an abstract concept such as {\textquotedblright}tradition{\textquotedblright} can be useful for the understanding of performance itself in relation to the interpretation of the past and considerations for the future.},
	isbn = {1025-1383},
	author = {Tsai, Tsan-huan}
}
