China Scene: East

Playing the guzheng helps ease gran's hypertension

Wang Dongying, 75, of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, received on Friday morning her grade 5 certificate for the guzheng, the 25-stringed zither-like Chinese musical instrument.

Wang Dongying, who has been learning the instrument for eight years, says she finds it an effective remedy for hypertension. She passed the grade 4 examination last year.