body music

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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.

sinie

Sini (pinyin: Sī niè) is popular in Tibet, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan and other provinces and regions. It is also called Sini in Tibetan.

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.

rebaling

Reba Ling (pinyin: Rè bā líng), Tibetan called Reba Si, Han people called Reba Ling, Bian Ling. Popular in Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai, Gansu and other provinces. The height of the bell is 3 cm, the wall of the bell is smaller and the cymbal is slightly thicker. The bulge in the center of the disc is called the top of the bell, and a small hole is drilled. One section of the belt is a bell handle, and the end of the handle is decorated with a red ribbon.

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.

tiehuang

Iron Reed (Pinyin: Tiě huáng), also known as mouth-holding qin, mouth-playing qin. It is made of copper or iron, and it is also made of bullet casings. The common ones are pincer-shaped, ring-shaped, sword-shaped, leaf-shaped, pear-shaped and so on. The iron fee described in the "Tongdian of the Qing Dynasty" is in the wrong shape. This kind of iron spring is more popular in the Daur and Hezhe ethnic groups in Northeast China, the Kirgiz ethnic group in Xinjiang, the Salar ethnic group in Qinghai, and the Yao ethnic group in Guangxi.

yunban

Yunban (pinyin: yun ban) belongs to the percussion instrument category among the body-sounding instruments. It is a percussion instrument of the Dai, Brown, De'ang, Achang and other ethnic groups. In the Dai language, it is called Gan, Lagan, Sister Borrowing, and Delivery. The local Han people call it Yunban, Yunqing, Yunban, and copper bells. Popular in Xishuangbanna, Dehong, Lincang and other areas in Yunnan Province.

danda

Singles (pinyin: Dāndǎ), also known as hand gong, hand support. It is a percussion instrument of the Zhuang, Dong and Yao nationalities. Popular in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi and Guangdong Province.

yuechu

Yue Chu (pinyin: Yuè chǔ) is a musical instrument of the Gaoshan people, which is popular all over Taiwan Province. It evolved from a wooden pestle, a tool for pounding rice at first. It is often made of hardwoods such as red camphor wood, which is in the shape of a long rod with two thick ends and a thin middle. The specifications are different, and the size and length are different. Each one makes a sound, and more than 5 can be combined into a song.

jinuozhutong

The Jino bamboo tube is a percussion instrument of the Jino people, also known as Qike. Popular in Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The Jino people love to hunt, and they sing to celebrate after hunting. When singing, the accompaniment is to strike bamboo tubes with different pitches, which is also called "bamboo tube tune". The tunes are: walking tune, sung on the way home from hunting; home tune, sung when returning home and inviting neighbors to share.

bandeng

Bench (pinyin: Bǎndèng) is a musical instrument of the Miao people. Popular in Xingren, Xingyi, Zhenfeng, Leishan, Huangping and other places in Guizhou Province. Most of them are made of hard wood. The surface of the stool is generally 22 cm to 30 cm in length and 12 cm to 15 cm in width. There are various styles of legs, and the height of the stool is about 20 cm. There is a crossbar between the legs of the stool, which can be held by hand. Two for one pair.

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.

doadao

Dance to (Pinyin: Dǎo dào) is a musical instrument played by the Kemu people. According to the translation, it is called bamboo tuning fork. It is popular in the areas where Kemu people live in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Among the Kemu people, women are particularly fond of them, and they often play while walking or finishing work. Every New Year or festive festival, the Kemu girls often gather together and dance while playing. The dance is called "dance to dance". Solo pieces include "Girls Like Tune" and so on.

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.

tongjing

Toli [Toli], Chinese translated as "bronze mirror". The so-called "mirror" of the bronze mirror is not the mirror used in ancient times, but refers to the disc-shaped bronze utensils hanging on the shaman's body that twist and make a "jing dong" sound, or are lifted and danced in the hand. Its function is similar to that of Xisha, and it is used for "suppressing demons and exorcising evil spirits".

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