chinese-musical-instruments

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Laohu (pinyin: shù kōng hóu) is similar to today's bass banhu, and is responsible for playing the main tone of the melody.

jianggu

Jianggu (pinyin: Jiāng gǔ) is a Zhuang musical instrument. It is popular in Debao and Jingxi areas in the west of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The ginger drum has fine selection of materials, high requirements for production skills, simple appearance, generous shape, and rich national characteristics in decoration. It is not only an accompaniment musical instrument for opera, but also an exquisite handicraft, which has dual value of practical and ornamental.

Kouxiao

Mouth flute (pinyin: kǒu xiāo), also known as Lilie, Lie, is a musical instrument played by the Li nationality. Popular in the Li nationality area of Hainan Province.

shougu

Hand drum (pinyin: shǒu gǔ) is a mixed-membrane sounding instrument of the Uyghur and Uzbeks. It has a long history and has long appeared in Dunhuang and Northern Wei murals from the fourth to sixth centuries. popular in Xinjiang.

fenggu

The bee drum (pinyin: Fēng gǔ), a porcelain-made mixed percussion instrument, is a thin-waisted drum popular among the Zhuang, Yao and Maonan ethnic groups in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is named for its thin waist, thick two ends, and a drum body that resembles a bee's waist. drum".

Dolo

Doluo (pinyin: duō luò) is a bow and stringed musical instrument of the Dai people. Popular in Menglian Dai, Lahu and Wa Autonomous County and Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Simao, Yunnan Province

teqing

Special chime (pinyin: tè qìng), special hanging chime, made of jade or stone. The ones unearthed from the Yin Ruins are semi-circular and slightly zigzag, and later more zigzag.

Kubuzi

Kubuzi (pinyin: kù bù zī) is a traditional musical instrument of Kazakh and other Central Asian nationalities. Its founder was Kurkut, a shaman at the end of the eighth century. Chinese also translated as Hobbes, Hobbes, Kebuzi and so on. With a long history, simple construction and soft sound, it is used for solo, ensemble or accompaniment.

zhugang

Bamboo poles (pinyin: zhú gàng) are musical instruments of the Jing people. It is popular in Wanwei, Shanxin, Wutou and other places in Fangcheng County of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It consists of a pillow bar and a striker bar. There are two pillow bars, mostly made of nanzhu. The bars are about 300 cm long and 9 cm to 10 cm in diameter. The eight strike bars are also made of hard bamboo. The length of the bars is about 340 cm and the diameter of the bars is 4 cm to 5 cm.

Surnay

Surnai (pinyin: bā lā màn) is the Xinjiang suona, which is a double-reed air-sounding instrument of Uyghur, Uzbek and other ethnic groups. Uyghur is called Surnai and Suonai, and there are various translations such as Suona, Suona, Suona, Suona and so on. Common name trumpet. Popular in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Miao Suona

The Miao Suona (pinyin: miáo zú suǒ nà) is popular in the Miao areas of Jishou, Huayuan, Fenghuang and other counties in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province.

Mushroom

The bo (pinyin: bó) is a musical instrument with a shape close to that of a bell. The body of the mushroom is larger than that of the bell, and the cross-section of the body is oval . In the early days, there were many bird-shaped, tiger-shaped, or Kui-shaped "wings" on both sides of the mushroom, and the decoration was gorgeous and complicated. It is a large single percussion instrument of the ancient Han nationality.

yaoling

Yaoling (pinyin: Yáo líng) is a vibrating body-sounding instrument of the Yao people. The Yao people call the bell. Popular in Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, Napo County and other places in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The body of the bell is cast in bronze. The shape is like a bell, and the shape varies according to the popular area.

Yi middle sanxian

The Yi Zhongsanxian (pinyin: yí zú zhōng sān xián) is a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Yi people. It is popular in Lunan Yi Autonomous County, Yiliang and Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, and Luxi in Qujing, Yunnan Province.

Shuangguandongdi

The double-pipe Dong flute (pinyin: shuāng guǎn dòng dí), a breath-breathing instrument of the Dong nationality, has been used in professional art performance groups.

zhuhuang

Bamboo spring (pinyin: zhú huáng) is also known as ringing bamboo, blowing bamboo, playing bamboo, mouth contempt, mouth spring, harmonica, mouth string. It has a long history and various forms. It is a comprehensive performance of Yi, Lahu, Naxi, Lisu, Dai, Hani, Jingpo, Wa, Brown, Nu, Dulong, Jinuo, Pumi, Miao, Tibetan, Lhoba, Qiang, Kazakh, Hui, Gaoshan, Li and Han nationalities in China. Body sounding instrument. It can play solo, unison, ensemble or accompany song and dance, and it occupies an important position in people's productive labor and daily life. Popular in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Guangdong, Taiwan, Hainan and other provinces.

Mabu

Mabu (pinyin: mǎ bù), also known as buja, is a single-reed gas-sounding instrument unique to the Yi people, popular in Congjiang County and Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County.

luedou

Lue Dou (Pinyin: Lüè dòu) is popular throughout the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou Province. In Miao language, "lue" means wood, and "dou" means drum, which means big wooden drum. Also called bamboo dragon.

Dadilong

Dadilong (pinyin: dà dí lóng), a single-reed air-sounding instrument of the Buyi nationality, is popular among the Buyi people of the ancient sheep, Daihua, Muhua, Lushan and Anshun areas in Changshun County, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province. Autonomous County and other places.

taipinggu

Taiping drum (pinyin: tài píng gǔ) is also called "single drum" and "sheepskin drum". Kind of music. Popular all over the North. One of the forms of Han folk dance. The performers are all male. Actors hold a circular single drum made of iron bars with a diameter of about a foot and the drum surface is covered with donkey skins, beat drums with bamboo drum keys, and sing and dance. There are duet and group singing. Lyrics are divided into "Inner Drum" and "Outer Drum": the former is a must-sing word, and the latter has auxiliary lyrics that can be increased or decreased, and the content is mostly folklore and mythology. In the old society, it was sometimes used in superstitious activities such as offering sacrifices and dancing to the gods. After liberation, it was reformed to express the joy and joy of the people.

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