The Silk Road Musical Instrument Museum is located in the Xinjiang Museum. It will exhibit traditional musical instruments from China and more than 20 countries and regions along the Silk Road, including ancient musical instruments over 100 years old and traditional musical instruments over 50 years old. It also plans to exhibit ancient music books. , murals (music and dance) and related works.

National musical instruments are the crystallization of the convergence of Eastern and Western civilizations, an important part of the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and record the history of exchanges and integration of various ethnic groups. The Silk Road Musical Instrument Museum can not only vividly reflect China's broad and profound music culture, but also vigorously promote the exchange of music culture at home and abroad. It is an important carrier for telling Chinese stories well.

Up to now, the staff has arranged more than 50 kinds of ethnic musical instruments in all parts of Xinjiang and some cities in China. "We have visited Bayingoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Kashgar, Tacheng, Aksu, Beijing and Xi'an many times. , musical instrument museums and musical instrument factories in Wuhan and other places, to check the existing status of musical instruments and confirm the collected objects." Wang Jing, director of the Research Department of Xinjiang Art Research Institute, said that the collected musical instruments included Dongbula, Dutar, Sattar, Aijie, Kumuzi, Tobshur, Matouqin, Nagra Drum, Kalongqin, Rewapu, Playbul, Eagle Flute, Suona, Sbuz'e, etc., dozens of them were selected as national and autonomous regions. Intangible cultural heritage representative project.

"In the exhibition design, explanations on the history of traditional musical instruments and multimedia displays will be added, so that visitors can understand the historical value and cultural connotation of musical instruments," said Li Zhen, Research Department of Xinjiang Art Institute.

"With the help of the musical instrument museum, interactive activities such as research and study can be carried out to fully 'live' traditional musical instruments, increase interest and interactivity, and use high-tech means to make the displayed musical instruments audible and playable, so as to cultivate more traditional music and musical instruments. At the same time, let the public cultural service space give full play to its functions." said Zhao Wenzheng, director of the Museum and Revolutionary Cultural Relics Office of the Autonomous Region's Department of Culture and Tourism.

Hou Hanmin, Secretary of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Cultural and Tourism Department of the Autonomous Region, said that the preparation for the establishment of the Xinjiang Silk Road Musical Instrument Museum is an important task to solidly and effectively promote the cultural enrichment project. It is necessary to fully understand the significance and value of the times of building the Silk Road Musical Instrument Museum, fill the vacancy of Xinjiang with no autonomous region-level characteristic museums, and build it into a new cultural highland in Xinjiang that integrates exhibition, inheritance and education.