Jupiter (pinyin: Gōu diào) is a kind of bronze percussion instrument in Wuyue area in ancient times. Generally a set consists of several pieces. The Nanyue King Museum in Guangzhou has a set of bronze sentences from the Western Han Dynasty.
There are no ancient books about the name of Jutang, and the pronunciation of the ancient word goudiao as a musical instrument and the archaeological community have not yet been determined. The inscriptions on the found Jupiter mostly use the inscription "Choose its auspicious gold to cast Jupiter to enjoy filial piety", indicating that this is the Musical instruments used in ancient sacrifices and feasts.
Jupiter was prevalent in Wuyue and other countries in the South during the Spring and Autumn Period. It mainly appeared as an auxiliary musical instrument. Seven pieces were unearthed at the Yancheng site in Wujin, Changzhou, Wu Kingdom (previously hidden in the Chinese History Museum), and 2 pieces were collected in Liyang, all of which were early Jupiter. Two pieces were unearthed from the Yaerzhou River in Guangji, Hubei, and 10 pieces were unearthed from Qingshan Mountain and Songxi River in Gaochun, which belonged to this period (now in Zhenjiang Museum). In the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, juju appeared in groups and used, and its decoration and workmanship were different, especially the combination of triangle and thunder patterns. After the Battle of Yue Destroying Wu in 473 BC, the Yue Kingdom continued to use the sentence, and the sentence was unearthed in Wuyue and other places, including 9 unearthed from Guangde, Anhui, one set from the Hongshan cemetery in Wuxi, and one unearthed from Shaoxing, Zhejiang. It is a musical instrument with children's sentences" (scholars have verified that it is the musical instrument of Prince Bo of Wu State, who entered the border crossing after the destruction of Wu). In addition, 1 piece was found in Luoling Village, Duchang County, Jiangxi Province, 7 pieces were found in Wukang Mountain, Zhejiang Province (two of which had the inscription "Second sentence"), 12 Warring States porcelain sentence frames were unearthed in Haiyan, and 1 sentence frame was unearthed in Changshu (engraved with "Second sentence frame"). Gu Feng").