What do the eight tones of ancient musical instruments mean?

The eight tones of ancient musical instruments refer to gold (bells, cymbals and cymbals), stone (chimes), silk (harps and harps), bamboo (flutes and cymbals), musical instruments (gongs and cymbals) and earth (cymbals, cymbals and cymbals).

"Eight tones" also refers to folk musical instruments. For example, the musical instruments used in the Eight Music Clubhouse in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province, include pipes, suona, sea flute, sheng, Xiao, Tang drum, small drum, large cymbals, big gongs and cloud gongs.

Guangxi Zhuang Longlin Bayin Band uses eight musical instruments: a pair of flutes (flutes), a Gao Hu and an erhu, a small sanxian, a gong, a drum and a cymbal. Nanning Yongning Zhuang Eight Tones are mainly composed of big suona, small suona, five-hole flute, gong, drum, cymbal and Zhuang music drum.

Hainan Eight Tones, which is popular in Hainan, originated from Chaozhou music and got its name because of using eight musical instruments, namely: stringed instruments (erhu, coconut palm), harp (Qin Yue, dulcimer and sanxian), flute (suona), pipe (long and short throat), flute (horizontal flute, straight flute and cave flute), gong, drum and flute.

The musical instruments used in Yi people's eight tones are erhu, flute (without membrane), horn whiskers, five cymbals (small gongs), drums and cymbals. The eight tones of the Gelao nationality, also known as the Eight Immortals, are played by erhu, a pair of flutes and five cymbals, gongs, drums and cymbals.

Brief introduction of zhenlongba sound:

Guangdong Bayin is one of the oldest music in southern China, belonging to folk music. Eight tones appeared at least as early as the Song Dynasty. They are named after the use of eight musical instruments, namely: stringed instrument (erhu), harp (Qin Yue, dulcimer and sanxian), flute (suona), pipe (long and short throat), flute (horizontal flute, straight flute and hole flute), gong, drum and cymbal.

Longzhen Town, Xinyi Town, Guangdong Province is known as the "hometown of culture". Folk art activities such as puppets, dragon dances, dragon boats, floating colors, eight tones, folk art and white lanterns in Xinyi all originated from Zhenlong, with traditional characteristics, which still exist and some have developed.

During the Long Bayin performance in Xinyi Town, Guangdong Province, two people and many others carried a gongs and drums pavilion decorated with colored silk, flower strings, ball nails and patterns, and played in the order of percussion instruments and orchestral music. The tune is loud and clear, the melody is cheerful, and the atmosphere is warm and smooth. Its music varies from occasion to occasion.

People in Longzhen Town, Xinyi Town like to invite eight-tone gongs and drums to entertain them, and the whole village is completely immersed in a festive atmosphere. It is natural to play eight-tone gongs and drums as an annual ceremony. Its cheerful and passionate rhythm is inspiring, making the whole wandering team magnificent and awe-inspiring.

When wandering, it usually follows God, and its "drumming" sound source can be heard far away. Many people judge whether it is time for them to set up gongs and drums by themselves. The sound of gongs and drums is loud, which proves that the wandering gods are coming soon. People quickly moved out of the table, laid out their offerings and waited for the arrival of God.

Every year, people greet God with gongs and drums and send him away with gongs and drums. The sound of gongs and drums is enough for God to "feel" people's respect for it.

The information of Eight Tones in Maoming, Guangdong Province reads: Eight Tones, a percussion instrument group, composed of eight people, including blowing, percussion and stringed instruments. There are fixed music scores and cards, which are selected according to the requirements of weddings, funerals, sacrifices or celebrations.

When playing, there are prescribed costumes, usually wearing gorgeous robes, carrying gongs and drums pavilions, and playing while walking in the order of percussion and orchestral music. During Jiaqing and Daoguang years, eight tones prevailed in Zhenlong area of Xinyi Town, Maoming, among which Deqiao was the most famous.

In the forty-third year of Qianlong (1778), he retaken the main hall of Maoming County, Gaozhou, Guangdong Province, resigned again and took Bayin back to his hometown in Dehua, Fujian. Guangdong Bayin, which is on the verge of extinction, is still preserved in Longzhen, Xinyi Town, Guangdong Province.