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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.

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  • Pinyin:Yuè chǔ
  • popular area:All over Taiwan Province
  • type:Gaoshan people shoot down the body singing musical instrument
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The music pestle is a clustered melody musical instrument with local characteristics that emerged with the rise of Taiwan's tourism industry. And "Pestle Music" has become an indispensable appreciation program for tourists who come to Taiwan. In 1979, Mr. Lin Shengxing from Taiwan wrote an article "Taiwan, my beautiful hometown!" in the second issue of "Culture and Life" magazine: "Sun Moon Lake... Guanghua Island... A mountain village where Gaoshan compatriots live on the opposite bank - Dehua Club. . Brothers, young and old, will be very enthusiastic to receive tourists.
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The music pestle is a clustered melody musical instrument with local characteristics that emerged with the rise of Taiwan's tourism industry. As early as more than 1700 years ago, the wooden pestle and the wooden drum were used by the ancient Gaoshan people for gathering and summoning.
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