What accompaniment instruments are there in Beijing Opera?

Beijing opera accompaniment instruments are mainly divided into percussion instruments and orchestral instruments. Percussion instruments include banban, Dan Pigu, gong, cymbals and cymbals, which are called "Martial Arts Hall". Orchestral instruments include Jinghu, Jinghu Erhu, Yueqin and Sanxian, which are called "Wenchang".

In the performance of Beijing Opera, instruments such as Jinghu, Beijing Erhu, Yueqin and Sanxian are the most important, which are called the "four great pieces" of Beijing Opera music. No matter how many instruments are added, the four pieces are the core. Other commonly used musical instruments include flute, suona and sea flute. Later, for the fullness and color of the sound, national musical instruments such as Pipa, zhongruan Daruan and Erhu were added. There are also some Peking Opera with western stringed instruments.

Percussion music in Beijing Opera includes banban, Dan Pigu, Tanggu, Gong, Gong, cymbals, cymbals, bells, cloud gongs, iron pots and bangzi. It is mainly used to set off the dance movements of actors, especially to set off and render the atmosphere of martial arts. Among them, Gong and Xiao Gong are the main musical instruments. The orchestral music of Beijing Opera includes, erhu, flute, sheng, suona and sea flute, which are mainly accompanied by singing, but sometimes used to set off performances. Orchestral music is mainly composed of huqin and flute.