Skin and Chinese drums
Used for drumheads, the historic significance of skin is found in the signaling nature of the drums themselves (rather than, say, in communion with the hideyielding water buffalo). More than twenty dr...
Clay and Ancient Chinese Musical Instruments
Clay is evocative of earth (di) as a fertile field. Constructed of fire-hardened clay, the xun globular flute is the only surviving example from this category.Following the appearance of the ancient S...
Chinese Traditional Musical Instruments,xiao a vertical bamboo flute
The xiao,also known as vertical flute, is a straight wind instrument. Different from bamboo flute, it has fixed tone holes without a membrane hole.In ancient times,use of the xiao was spread among peo...
Ancient Chinese stone instruments
A natural substance from the earth, symbolic of longevity and stability, stone was of obvious value for usage in ancestral rituals. Only one instrument type is found in this category, the qing stone c...
Ancient Chinese metal instruments
Bronze casting, one of the great technological achievements of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, was employed primarily for construction of ritual implements such as vessels and bells. There is quite stro...
Chinese Traditional Musical Instrument Guzheng
The guzheng is one of the oldest Chinese plucked string instruments, and became popular in the State of Qin (today's Shaanxi) as early as the Spring and Autumn period.During the Tang and Song dyna...
Some common traditional Chinese musical instruments
The pipa lute originated in Central Asia and is an instrument of great virtuosic possibilities. It is the subject of many paintings and poems and has held a societal position similar to that of the gu...
A Story about Guqin
There are many stories about the guqin. It is said that, Yu Boya was good at playing the guqin, while Zhong Ziqi was good at listening to guqin songs. Zhong Ziqi knew what Yu Boya was thinking. O...
The Origin of Chinese Drum
Although its exact origin is still unknown, drum occupies a prominent place in Chinese culture. According to the ancient literatures, it might as old as Chinese history itself.The existing earliest do...
Chinese Wind and Percussion Ensembles
Wind and percussion ensemble features orchestral instruments or wind and percussion instruments, and the two kinds of instruments are equally important. Wind and percussion ensembles are popular mainl...
