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Bianqing (pinyin: biān qìng) is one of the ancient percussion instruments of the Han nationality, mostly used in court music or grand ceremonies. A set of stone or jade chimes with different pitches are hung on the wooden frame, and the music is played with a small mallet.

bangbang

Bangbang (pinyin: Bàng bàng) is a national musical instrument, popular in Baise and other western Guangxi regions of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the vast rural areas of Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province.

waist bell

The waist bell (pinyin: Yāo líng) is also known as the shaman bell in the Manchu language Xisha. It is a mutual-strike body-sounding instrument popular in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia and other provinces. The body of the bell is made of bronze, in the shape of a spherical shape, with a diameter of 4 cm to 5 cm. The lower end of the bell has a character-shaped sound hole. The hole is 3 cm long and 0.5 cm wide. A few sandstones or iron beads are placed in the bell. The upper end of the bell is provided with a ring, and three to five small bells are connected in series with silk strings or thin leather strips. It is tied to the top of a round wooden stick about 100 cm long.

jingangling

The Jingang bell (pinyin: Jīngāng líng) is a musical instrument of the Tibetan, Mongolian, Naxi, Han and other ethnic groups. Tibetan called Zhibu, Ziba. The Han people call it Fa bell and Tibetan bell. With a long history, it was originally a Buddhist tantric instrument, which was introduced to my country from India. It is popular in Buddhist monasteries all over the country, especially in Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces. The body of the bell is shaped like a bell, with a round lower mouth. The top and body of the bell are decorated with intricate patterns. Inside the body of the bell is a copper clapper, which is used for lama chanting and Buddhist music. According to experts, the vajra bell is an instrument used in the practice of the Dharma.

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.

buzai

Buzai (pinyin: Bù zāi), also known as cloth, cloth Jane, and cymbals, is a musical instrument of Tibetan and Monba people who strike each other. The Han people call it the big copper cymbal. Popular in Tibet, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan and other provinces. Buzai often plays with Jialing, Shengu, Tongqin and other instruments.

toubo

The head cymbal (pinyin: Tóu bó) is a Tujia sing-along instrument that is popular in Longshan, Sangzhi, Yongshun, Baojing, and Hubei Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefectures in western Hunan Province and Hubei Province.

zhutong

Bamboo tube (pinyin: zhú tǒng) is a musical instrument used by the Hani people. It is a musical instrument evolved from living instruments. It is popular in Simao area of Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna Dai-Aga Autonomous Prefecture and Honghe Hani-Yi Autonomous Prefecture. In ancient times, it was called "熷", which refers to the cooking method of using a bamboo tube as a utensil, and then "roasting", "burning", "steaming" and "stewing" and other methods to make the food cooked. Bamboo tubes are also made into various handicrafts, pen holders, desk calendars, etc., which are widely popular in the market.

zhubang

Bamboo tied (pinyin: Zhú bāng) is a musical instrument of the Jing people. It is popular in Wanwei, Shanxin, Wutou and other places in Fangcheng County of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Generally used to celebrate the arrival of festivals.

kuoshuke

Kuosuoke (pinyin: Kuò shuò kè) is a folk percussion instrument of the Uyghur and Uzbeks. The Han people call it wooden structure or music structure. Popular in the southern Xinjiang region of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

gubanzi

Gubanzi (pinyin: Gǔ bǎnzi) is a musical instrument of the Hui and Han nationalities. The Hui people call it sheep incense board and sheep fan board. Popular in the vast areas of Ningxia, North China and Northeast China. Since the 1950s, the bone board has been used for singing and dancing accompaniment and is a rhythm instrument with unique local characteristics. On festive occasions, the performers often strike and dance by themselves.

Fang Xiang

Fang Xiang (pinyin: fānɡ xiǎnɡ) is a percussion instrument with a fixed pitch that is very artistic in ancient my country. It came from the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581 AD) during the Southern and Northern Dynasties more than 1,400 years ago, and later became a commonly used musical instrument in Yan music in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

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.

tashi

Tashi (pinyin: Tā shí) is a musical instrument used by the Uyghur and Uzbeks to strike each other. Uyghur means stone, according to which it claims to be Chak Chak. Popular throughout the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

zhudaotong

Bamboo pounding tube (pinyin: zhú dǎo tǒng) belongs to the Gaoshan people’s falling body sounding instrument. In Gaoshan language, it is called pagoda, which means bamboo. Popular in Taiwan Province. Bamboo tamping tube, developed from water-filled utensils, is a folk musical instrument created by the people of the Gaoshan Shao tribe. In October 1980, in the National Ethnic Minority Arts Festival, the Fujian delegation used this set of bamboo tamping tubes to participate in the performance of the Gaoshan folk song and dance "Pestle Music" with Taiwanese local characteristics. The sky shows the night scene of Sun Moon Lake, the pestle sings euphemistically, and the girls sing and dance. The round and bright sound of bamboo pounding, the crisp and melodious sound of wood leaves, accompanied by the vigorous music of the pestle, the girls danced lightly to the brisk rhythm, taking the audience to the banks of Sun Moon Lake and the foot of Ali Mountain. The "Pestle Music" played with a music pestle and a bamboo pounding tube, which is simple, fresh and poetic, left a deep impression on people.

yaozuzhutong

Yao nationality bamboo tube (pinyin: Yáozú zhútǒng), also known as bamboo tube piano. It is the Yao nationality's falling body sounding instrument. Popular in Shanglin County and other places in the central part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

lianxianggun

Lianxiang stick (pinyin: Lián xiāng gùn) is also called flower stick, money stick, bully whip. It is Manchu, Mongolian, Yi, Bai, Miao, Tujia, Han and other nationalities shaking the body and singing instruments. It is popular all over the country, especially in northern my country, Yunnan and central and southern China.

xibozutiehuang

The Xibo iron reed (pinyin: Xíbó zú tiě huáng) is a traditional musical instrument of the Xibo people, belonging to the class of reed instruments. It is made by bending a 10 cm long iron bar into pliers. It is shaped as a capital frame, and the spring tongue sandwiched in the middle is made of thin steel sheet or thin steel sheet. The playing method is the same as that of the pincer-shaped iron spring.

mugunqin

Wooden stick qin (pinyin: mu gun qin) is a percussion instrument of the Gaoshan people, and the Amei tribe is called Kuokang. Popular in central Taiwan Province.

rubo

Milk cymbals (Pinyin: Rǔ bó), Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Mulao, Jing, Yi, Shui, Gelao, Qiang, Han and other ethnic groups strike each other as a body sounding instrument. Made of brass. Bowl-shaped and unique in shape, it is a large brass cymbal with a breast-shaped cymbal body.

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