Fu (pinyin: Fǒu), a pottery musical instrument. It was originally a kind of pottery in ancient times, similar to a clay pot, and its shape was very similar to a small jar or bowl. It is a vessel for holding water or wine in ancient times.
At 8 pm on August 8, 2008, a majestic "Song of the Fou", with the inheritance of Chinese ritual music and the century-old dreams and expectations of the descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasty, played the opening ceremony of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games. Prelude of the style. Although the shape of the fou that appeared at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games did not originate from the real musical instrument fou (from the bronze Jian Fou of Zeng Houyi, which is actually a food vessel), there was indeed a pottery musical instrument such as the fou in ancient my country.
For example, Li Si's "Book of Remonstrance to Chasing Guests" has the sentence "Knock the urn and knock the fou, and play the zheng bobi". Its meaning is that when the Qin State was feasting, the nobles and officials often sang by hitting the tiles and patting their thighs when they were half-drunk.
The word "Fou" is also a radical in Chinese characters, representing pottery vessels. The Chinese character "Qing" is also a percussion instrument.
The famous allusion of "Fu Fu" comes from "Historical Records: The Biography of Lian Po Lin Xiangru": "'A few people have stolen the good news of King Zhao, please play the sermon.' The king of Zhao would drink it, and he ordered the king of Zhao to drum.' Lin Xiangru said before: 'The king of Zhao secretly heard that the king of Qin is good at the sound of Qin, please give the king of Qin a pot to entertain him.' The king of Qin was angry and refused. So Xiangru went forward, because Kneeling and begging the King of Qin... So the King of Qin did not hesitate, and made a fou; Xiangru Gu Zhao Zhao Yushi said in the book: 'In a certain year, month and day, the King of Qin struck the fou for the King of Zhao.'" From this, it can be seen that the Qin people are not good at instruments and music, and it is difficult to do anything. The voice of elegance and orthodoxy will only play tricks for entertainment.
Round belly, covered, with hoop ears on the shoulders; also square. Prevalent in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The inscriptions on the body of the vessel are called "Fou", including the "Luan Shufu" in the Spring and Autumn Period and the "Caihou Fu" unearthed in Shouxian, Anhui and Yicheng, Hubei. This kind of wine vessel can become a musical instrument because people beat the wine vessel full of wine and sing loudly when they are interested in a grand banquet, which is quite similar to modern karaoke, so the fou has evolved into an earth musical instrument One of them, the other is Xun. The ancients of our country began to classify musical instruments very early. Anyone who has read the "Three Character Classic" should know that "gold, stone, soil, leather, silk, bamboo, páo, and wood" are collectively known as the octave. It's about the material from which the instrument is made. According to this classification, Fu and Xun are soil musical instruments. The most primitive pottery "fo" is fragile, so it is basically impossible to see the complete one, and the most preserved are bronze "fo".