Satar, Uyghur bow and stringed musical instrument. Also known as "Setar", the Persian "Sa" means "three" and "Tar" is "string", which means a musical instrument with three strings. It has a long history, its shape is similar to playing boolean, and its tone is bright. It can be used for solo, ensemble or to accompany singing "Twelve Muqam".

According to the record in "The History of Musicians" (ancient Uyghur manuscript) written by Mullah Esmutulamujizi in 1854, as early as the 14th and 15th centuries, the Uyghur folk had already appeared this musical instrument, and it has been There are famous players.

It was first popular in Kashgar and Shache in southern Xinjiang, and later spread to all parts of northern Xinjiang. In the Qing Dynasty Ritual Instruments Schema, it was included in the court Huibu music, and it was called Setar.

"Manuscript of Qing History" (Volume 11) contains: "Cettar, shaped like a dagger, with two silk strings and seven steel strings, a wooden handle with a groove, and a leather bottom. The face is flat and the back is round, and the handle has twenty-three wire hoops. It is like a pipa. It uses a nine-axis wan string, and the shank end has a two-axis wan silk string. . . . . big difference.

In the 1950s, Satar spread to Yining, a border town where the Kazakh people live. Now it has become popular all over Xinjiang and has become the favorite stringed instrument of the Uyghur people.