plucked instruments

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Saitul (pinyin: sài yī tǔ ěr) is a plucked musical instrument with distinctive features of the Tajik people. It is popular in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and its adjacent places such as Shache, Zepu, Yecheng and Pishan.

balanzikum

Balangzikumu (pinyin: bā lǎng zī kù mù) is a Tajik plucked stringed musical instrument. Popular in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Da Nguyen

Da Ruan (pinyin: dà ruǎn) is a Chinese plucked musical instrument, created during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (140 BC-87 BC), and it was called Pipa at that time. Ruan (ancient pipa) - named after Ruan Xianshan, one of the Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest, who played this instrument. As a kind of Ruan, Da Ruan plays the main role of bass and chorus in the ensemble; its sound quality is round, rich and beautiful, deep and tactful, and it is one of the important members of the national band, opera band, and national symphony orchestra. Beautiful solo instrument.

acendumbra

Akendumbra (pinyin: ā kěn dōng bù lā) is a Kazakh plucked stringed musical instrument. The Kazakh language "Aken" means "folk singer". Akendumbra is a tombula commonly used by folk singers when they play and sing.

big three strings

Er cymbal (pinyin: dà sān xián) is a plucked stringed musical instrument of Mongolian, Manchu, and Han nationalities. Popular in Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other provinces.

Lahu Minor Sanxian

The Lahu Xiaosanxian (pinyin: lā hù zú xiǎo sān xián) is a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Lahu, Wa and Hani Aini people. It is named after the favorite of Lahu people. It is popular in Lancang Lahu Autonomous County in Simao Region of Yunnan Province and Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County in Lincang Region.

Lisu Sanxian

Lisu Sanxian (pinyin: lì sù sān xián) is a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Lisu and Jingpo peoples. Some areas of the Lisu people are also called Qibo. The Jingpo people are called Ding. It is popular in Lushui, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, Tengchong in Baoshan Prefecture, Longchuan, Longling and Yingjiang in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Zhenkang in Lincang and Ximeng in Simao.

Lyra

Tianqin (pinyin: tiān qín) is a plucked stringed musical instrument used by the Zhuang people (Bubian and Budai branch). It is popular in Dongzhong, Ningming and Longzhou on the Sino-Vietnamese border in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Dabia

Dabia (pinyin: dá bǐ yà) is an ancient plucked instrument of the Nu people, mostly used for solo or folk song and dance accompaniment. It is popular in Gongshan, Bijiang, Fugong, Lanping and other places in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. "Dabia" is an angry language, and the Lisu people call it "Qibue".

Xuanqin

Xuanqin (pinyin: xuán qín), also known as Xuanheqin, is a plucked stringed musical instrument played by the Goguryeo people of the ancient Northeast China minority. It has a long history and unique shape. It was popular in Jilin, Liaoning and other regions. Play with a plectrum.

Yi four strings

The Yi Sixian (pinyin: yí zú sì xián) is a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Yi people. It is popular in Yuanyang, Honghe, Shiping and Maitreya in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, Muding in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Lunan Yi Autonomous County.

caron

Kalongqin (pinyin: kǎnóng qín) is an ancient stringed musical instrument with the most strings in Uyghur musical instruments. It is called the seventy-two-stringed pipa and "Kaernai" in the historical records of the Qing Dynasty.

jiaoweiqin

Jiaoweiqin (pinyin: Jiāo wěi qín) is one of the four famous qins in ancient China. Compared with the other three qin, the name of "Jiaowei" is straightforward, but its life experience is extraordinary, so it was created by Cai Yong, a famous person in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Pipa of the Dong nationality

The pipa (pinyin: dòng zú zhōng pí pa) is a plucked musical instrument loved by the Dong people. It is often used to accompany Dong songs. Mainly popular in Guizhou, Guangxi and Hunan inhabited areas of Dong nationality.

Sai Ding

Sai Ding (pinyin: sài dīng) is a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Bulang people. The Blang language is also known as Deding, Pading and Dinglang. "De" means playing, and "玎" means qin, which means the qin played. The Han people call it Brown Ding. Popular in Menghai, Jinghong, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, and Shuangjiang and Yongde in Lincang.

vertical konghou

The vertical konghou (pinyin: shù kōng hóu) is an ancient Chinese plucked stringed musical instrument. The vertical-headed Konghou, also known as Hu Konghou, was introduced from the Western Regions around the time of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

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.

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Tanbull (pinyin: tán bù ěr) is a stringed instrument played by the Uyghur and Uzbeks. The range is wide, the tone is crisp, and it is full of rich national style. Often used for solo, ensemble or accompaniment.

phoenix head konghou

Fengshou Konghou (pinyin: fèng shǒu kōng hóu) is a plucked stringed musical instrument of the ancient southwestern ethnic minorities in my country. The phoenix-headed Konghou is also called "Sangke" in Southeast Asia, and it was called "General Manuscript Machine" in the Qing Dynasty. It is mostly used in court ceremonies and music, and is relatively rare in the folk, and was once lost.

Thunder

Hulei (pinyin: hū léi) is a plucked stringed instrument with a neck-type half-pear-shaped speaker, which can be seen in the records of the Tang Dynasty. The use of Hulei was very extensive in the Tang Dynasty. Suddenly, this kind of musical instrument is gone. Of course, no one will play this musical instrument again. It is treasured in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

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