Intangible cultural heritage stories The national musical instrument Suomi Suona

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Suona is a foreign musical instrument. It was introduced to my country from Persia and Arabia during the Jin and Yuan Dynasties and became a court instrument. It was introduced to the people after the Ming Dynasty. The Suomi Suona in northern Shaanxi has been played by suona players of all dynasties, and has completed a long process of development and improvement in the inheritance.

Intangible cultural heritage stories The national musical instrument Suomi Suona

In September 2017, Suide Suona participated in the opening ceremony of the China Suide International Stone Sculpture Art Festival. Suide Culture Museum Profile Picture

Suomi suona music is rich in music, the classic suona music is "Water Dragon", "Liu Qingniang", "Embroidered Golden Plaque" and so on. After liberation, he created suona songs such as "Boiled Yellow Earth" and "Making Lantern Festival".

Intangible cultural heritage stories The national musical instrument Suomi Suona

Mizhi Suona rehearses in front of the National Centre for the Performing Arts.

The playing form of Suomi Suona is divided into "big blow" and "small blow". The big blow consists of five instruments and five people. Two suona players play a suona, while the drummer, cymbal player and gong player beat the cowhide drum, small cymbal and hook gong respectively. There are also two trombones, played by a suonaist and a drummer. Xiaochu has a small sea flute, a sheng, a pipe, and is accompanied by small hinges, small gongs and other musical instruments. The style of playing is euphemistic and elegant. In addition, there was also a collective performance of more than 100 people, the scene was magnificent and magnificent. Suomi Suona is one of the important tools for disseminating the excellent folk music of the loess land, and has high practical and academic value.

Intangible cultural heritage stories The national musical instrument Suomi Suona

In 2008, Suomi Suona was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

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Suona (pinyin: suǒ nà) is a Chinese double-reed woodwind instrument. Also called Suannai, trumpet, advocacy. The traditional suona is composed of five parts: whistle, air card, intruder, rod and bowl.

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