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Singing all the time, singing at all times, every emotional encounter can be turned into a beautiful world with singing... Today, let's go to see the bamboo and wood instrumental music of the Li nationality. In 2008, the bamboo and wood musical instruments of the Li nationality were included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.

Li Nationality Bamboo and Wood Instrumental Music

The bamboo and wood instrumental music of the Li nationality is a treasure in the treasure house of Chinese national instrumental music. It consists of traditional bamboo and wood musical instruments and music of the Li nationality.

The musical instruments are made from bamboo, wood and animal skins in nature, and are processed by hand. They are the remains of the original ecological music. These musical instruments are primitive and simple in workmanship, unique in timbre and tone, and special in style of playing. They are the memory carriers of Li culture.

There are many kinds of music, including five categories: solo music, ensemble music, song and dance music, sacrificial music and eight music.

Bamboo and wood instrumental music of the Li nationality has a long history. The "Taiping Huanyu Ji" in the early Song Dynasty said: "Qiongzhou gathers drums and sings music". According to legends from old artists, bamboo and wood instrumental music of the Li nationality was the most popular during the Kanggan period of the Qing Dynasty, and it was mainly spread in the inhabited areas of the Li nationality at the southern foot of the Wuzhi Mountains in central Hainan Province. There are no less than 40 kinds of traditional Li nationality musical instruments commonly found in this area, mainly including eight major pieces such as dumu drum, ding dong, nose flute, mouth bow, 唎lie, 㗑, zhuoba, and beida.

The first musical instrument to appear was the dummy drum. According to the ancient folk songs of the Li nationality, in ancient times, when Lei Gong knocked down a big tree and burned the tree into a hole, the ancestors of the Li nationality hit the wooden cave and called the crowd to hunt. Recruiting crowds, offering sacrifices and using musical instruments.

Ding-dong is also an earlier percussion instrument. In ancient times, when the ancestors of the Li nationality planted orchids on the mountain, they would hang two wooden poles in the mountain, and hit the wooden poles with a ding-dong sound to drive away the wild boar. Later, it gradually developed into a percussion instrument for dancing and entertainment.

The nose flute is a wind instrument played by the nose. Young men and women of the Li nationality often play the nose flute to date their lovers, and it is used as a medium of love.

The mouth bow is a body-sounding instrument that combines plucking and blowing. The sound of the mouth bow is melodious and lingering.

Lie is a wind-sounding wind instrument with clear and pleasant timbre and smooth melody.

bi is a wind-sounding wind instrument with strong expressiveness, which can express emotions such as joy, anger, sadness and music.

Zhuoba is a bamboo wind instrument, mostly blowing vertically. The timbre of the Zhuoba bass region is deep and the volume is relatively small, and the timbre of the midrange region is broad, round and beautiful.

Bida, commonly known as the pan flute, is also a bamboo wind instrument with a crisp and bright tone.

The Li nationality is a nation that can sing and dance well. The singing is non-stop and the flute is incessant. For this non-literate nation, music has also become a product of production and life. For the Li people, the lush bamboo and wood instrumental music is a way of life. For Hainan, the Li nationality music formed by these bamboo and wood instrumental music is a precious artistic expression with profound cultural heritage and precious art. value.