What kind of musical instrument is the indiscriminate yu?

The indiscriminate yu is a traditional Chinese musical instrument made of a gourd with a bamboo pipe.

The indiscriminate yu is an instrument made of a traditional Chinese gourd with bamboo pipes. Generally speaking, yu is an instrument with a large gourd as the bucket and a bamboo pipe as the reed. The gourd bucket is the sounding chamber of the instrument and the bamboo pipe is the sound generator. According to ancient books, yu generally consists of 36 tubes, and later reduced to 22 tubes. Mawangdui Han Tomb No. 1 tomb unearthed artifacts 22 tubes.

According to historical records, is generally composed of thirty-six bamboo tubes, and then to the end of the Han Dynasty, then reduced to 22 bamboo tubes, Mawangdui Tomb No. 1 unearthed artifacts are 22 bamboo tubes. The bamboo tubes were usually fixed to a bucket made of hu lu underneath so that the notes could be more harmonized. Many people used yu to play at the same time, there is a kind of wind and rain drifting spirit, so it is usually a group performance, and later there will be "indiscriminate" this kind of situation.

The story of the indiscriminate use of yu

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, King Xuan of Qi liked to listen to yu, and he liked to have many people gather around him to play. Among the band was Mr. Nanguo, a lazy, idle man who did not know how to eat yu. But Mr. Nanguo made himself a musician and played with King Xuan's yu-playing band.

It was in this way that Mr. Nanguo, who had been mixing for many years, just bobbed his head along with the band, and surprisingly, no one could hear that he did not play yu at all, and he was rewarded with a very high price. Later, King Xuan of Qi died, and King Qi didn't like the band much, but preferred to play alone. Old Mr. Nanguo then fled in a hurry.