In ancient China, sound was a beautiful enjoyment, and making sound became the fun of the ancients to discover and discover, and then invented various instruments. The following Chinese style Xiaobian brings you the most representative Chinese classical music instruments!
chimes
In ancient China, a large percussion instrument, the chime rose in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and flourished in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States to the Qin and Han Dynasties. China is the earliest country to manufacture and use music clocks.
drum
The drum is a traditional percussion instrument in our country. According to the records of "Book of Rites and Mingtang", in the early legend, "Ishi" was already the "earth drum", that is, the drum made of clay. Because the drum has a good resonance, the sound is more powerful and the sound is far away, so it was used by the Chinese ancestors as a military aid.
箫
Chinese archaeology shows that there are more than 7,000 years of bone sounders found in unearthed cultural relics, which archaeologists call "bone whistle." In the era of the Sui Dynasty, there was an ancient music and dance called "箾韶", and "箾" is today's "箫".
笙
The number of scorpions that were discovered more than 2,400 years ago by the tomb of Zenghou Yi in the county of Hubei Province, China, is the earliest cockroach discovered in China. In the oracle bones of the Yin Dynasty (1401- BC 1122), there was the name of "and" (small 笙). During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, crickets were very popular. They coexisted with crickets. At that time, they were not only the main instruments for vocal music, but also the form of ensemble and solo.
Erhu
Erhu began in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than a thousand years. It originated from a minority in the northern part of China, and was called "Qinqin" at that time. In the "Book of Music", the scholar of the Song Dynasty recorded in the "Book of Music" that "Yu Qin Ben Hu Le also..." The poem of the Tang Dynasty poet Cen Shen contained "the Chinese military placed wine and drinked guests. Hu Qinqian and the flute", indicating that Hu Qin had begun in the Tang Dynasty. It is circulated, and it is a general term for Chinese and Western stringed instruments and pop-up instruments.
埙
It is one of the oldest wind instruments in China, with a history of about 7,000 years. It may have been originally made by the ancestors to imitate the sounds of birds and beasts to trap prey. Later, with the progress of society, it evolved into a simple instrument, and gradually increased the sound hole, and developed into a melody instrument that can play the tune.
flute
In the early Neolithic ruins of Jiahu Village, Wuyang Village, Henan Province, 16 vertical bone flutes (made of birds and bones) were excavated. According to the measurement, it has been more than 8,000 years old. In the period of the Yellow Emperor, the bamboo was chosen as the material to make the flute. The "Historical Records" recorded that "the Yellow Emperor made the scorpion and the scorpion in the Kunyu, and the scorpion was used as the flute, and the phoenix was blown." One of the bamboos has better vibration than the bones and the pronunciation is crisp; the two bamboos are easy to process. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were seven holes of bamboo flute, and two flutes were invented. Cai Yi, Sui and Liang Wudi all made twelve whistle flutes, that is, one flute.
Sher
The origin of the sorcerer is very long. Its land is concentrated in the three provinces of Hubei, Hunan and Henan, and the vast majority are from the Eastern Zhou Chu Tomb. Seir was one of the earliest stringed instruments in China. The pre-Qin Dynasty was extremely popular. The Han Dynasty was also very popular. The Southern and Northern Dynasties were often used for accompaniment with the songs. There were many applications in the Tang Dynasty, and they were used less and later.
Piano
Qin was invented in the Fuxi era, and the place of invention was in the Yuxi area of the present-day Luxi. It was a five-stringed piano, and later added to seven strings (also known as "the lyre"; commonly known as "guqin"). In ancient times, human culture was Playing with the talents of the piano, chess, books, and paintings, playing the piano is the first of the four talents.
lute-琵琶
Hey, it’s the first plucked instrument, and the stringed stringed instrument. Wooden, the speaker is half-pear-shaped, with four strings on the top. Originally used with silk thread, it is now made of steel wire, steel rope and nylon.
