What are some of the instruments in Chinese music?

There is a wide variety of traditional Chinese musical instruments, including drums, flower drums, tambourines, tai ping drums, book drums, elephant foot drums, gongs, cymbals, bells, chimes, ocarinas, xiao xiao, pai xiao, octagonal drums, flutes, suona, sheng, sanshin, ruan, pipa, konghou, erhu, jinghu yangqin and guqin, and so on ．　

Guo music, generally refers to the national level of court music or music.

1. The orchestra of the court. Tang Meng Kai, "This Poem - The Sense of Things": "(Bai Juyi) because of the words of 'Yang Liu' to support the idea that: 'A tree of spring winds ten thousand branches, tender in the gold color soft in the silk. In the southeast corner of Yongfengfang, no one belongs to anyone.' In the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, the national music was sung to these words." Qing Wang Shizhen 《池北偶谈-谈异五-舞蝇虎》："Superior summoned the national music to raise its song, fly tiger disk back and forth, no not in the section."

2. It refers to court music. Tang Li Ne's poem "Ordering Prostitutes to Sing Sheng Xiao Cong Songs to Preserve Servant Cui's Return to Que" said, "I once listened to the national music in the church, and sang Sheng Cong Songs for the king again."

3. Music formulated by the state for use in celebrations and rituals. Liao Shi (History of Liao): " Liao had state music as if it were the style of the late king; and the music of its states was as if it were the style of its vassals."

4. Refers to traditional Chinese music.