Ning Baosheng (1943-2009), a famous flute player and composer, under the pseudonym Xiao Ran. Born in January 1943 in Baoding, Hebei, China. National first-class performer, director of wind and wind music of the National Orchestra of the Central Chinese Orchestra, member of the Chinese Musicians Association, member of the Chinese National Orchestra Association, member of the China Music Copyright Association, and member of the Beijing Musical Instrument Association. Member of the China Democratic League, the representative of the 8th China Democratic League Beijing Municipal Committee, a member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Electoral League, a member of the Ministry of Culture Science and Technology Progress Award reviewer, and enjoys special government allowances from the State Council of the People's Republic of China. He died in Beijing on February 8, 2009 due to ineffective treatment.

Ning has loved folk music since childhood, learned from others' strengths, and became self-taught. In 1958, he joined the China Geological Art Troupe. From 1964 to 2001, he worked in the Central Chinese Orchestra. In his 50-year career in music and art, he has formed his own distinctive artistic style. His playing timbre is beautiful, skillful and expressive. He can adapt to the characteristics of various styles of playing, and he can grasp it accurately. He is especially famous for his clean and neat playing.

Ning Baosheng has made great achievements in various fields of music art: in 1976, he composed "Spring to Xiangjiang", which is well-known in Chinese flute circles. In 1978, he published the article "Re-discussion on Bau's Reform" in the magazine "Musical Instruments". On the basis of traditional Bau, using the method of changing its opening rhythm, the traditional Bau's sound range expanded the minor third interval, and it did not require Change the blow method. This reform expanded the range of sound, facilitated the performance, and enriched the expressiveness. In 1992, he researched the ancient chi, an edge wind instrument that has been lost for hundreds of years in China. On the basis of finding out the different overtone sequences and different sounding laws of the open pipe and the closed pipe, the problem of the warped tail hole was theoretically solved. Positioning problem, finally developed a "new Chi". This research result maintains the special structure of the "Gu Chi" that both ends of the pipe body are closed, adds sound holes, changes the temperament, and changes the unique holding method of Gu Chi's playing with both palms facing inward to a more convenient way of playing. The holding method of playing with the palms down. The new Chi has greatly improved in terms of the breadth of the sound range (the sound range can span four octaves), the change of timbre, and the performance of modulation, which are incomparable to the ancient Chi. In 1993, Xinchi was recorded in the Musical Instruments Series of the China Yearbook, and the National Eighth Five-Year Key Bibliography "Chinese Musical Instruments" was also introduced and recorded in the file.

Ning Baosheng also carried out a lot of in-depth and meticulous research and exploration on the basic theory of flute playing. On the basis of summarizing the experience of his predecessors, he removed the rough and extracted the essence, removed the false and preserved the true, and updated many technical fields such as using Qi, using the tongue, using fingers, and combining. The concept has been changed, and the formulation has been changed to make it more theoretical and scientific. He is the author of several papers, "On the Problem of Air Flow Splitting in Dizi Playing", "On the Different Positions of Different Voices in Dizi Playing", "On the Basic Movement Form and Application of Tongue in Dizi Playing", etc. Especially in 1995, at the invitation of the People's Music Publishing House, he specially wrote a book "Ning Baosheng Dizi Music Collection", in which more than 20 special topics were used to make in-depth and detailed discussions on the theory and techniques of flute playing. Among them, there are 8 pieces of Dizi music, 2 pieces of Xiao music, 1 piece of Bawu music, and 1 piece of Xinchi music. The research results of these theories have played an effective guiding role in the practice and norms of flute playing, and have been confirmed in its decades of teaching practice. In 2001, after Ning Baosheng retired, he continued to write, re-examining, revising, adding and deleting the original works, making them into high-quality works, and creating several new works at the same time; in 2005, he established "Hejing Feizhu" China in Nanjing He also created three flute quartets, "Jasmine Flower", "Kangding Love Song" and "Nine Nine Sunny Sky", which have been recorded and published. In 2007, the Sui Xiao was invented by using the optical principle of the Yang Sui mirror. The sound of the Sui Xiao is comparable to that of the traditional Dong Xiao, but its volume is much better than that of the traditional Dong Xiao, and the sound range can reach two octaves and one fourth.

Mr. Ning Baosheng has visited Britain, the United States, Japan, France, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places for many times, and has given lectures in China, the United Kingdom and Taiwan for many times, all of which have been well received.

Ning Baosheng's compositions have a wide range of themes, including the land of the motherland, east, west, north and south, not only reflecting the beautiful scenery of the water town, but also depicting the vast grasslands; not only are the legacy of ancient Nanyin, but also the flute sounds from the Tianshan Mountains; both the Central Plains The majesty of the earth also has the style of the southwest bamboo forest. There are various forms of performance, including solo and ensemble, and has made an indelible contribution to the formation of the national edge wind and wind ensemble group. The creation of works involves a variety of musical instruments, including flute, bawu, cucurbit flute, dongxiao, suixiao, new chi, suona, erhu, liuqin, etc., as well as many vocal works. He is a rare genius in the Chinese folk music world. Among his many masterpieces of music, the flute solo "Spring to the Xiangjiang River" can be described as the most representative. This piece was created in 1976 and is full of Hunan folk songs. One of the most classic flute solo pieces in the 20th century and one of the most played pieces in the Chinese flute world.