What instrument is also known as the "high and bright trumpet flower"?

The suona is a wind instrument that has been passed down in China, and it is loved by the general public, and has an irreplaceable artistic charm among the many kinds of folk instruments in China. This musical instrument from the West, after changes in China, the development of today's Chinese folk musical instruments into an important lineage. It has taken root and flourished in the fertile soil of folklore, and has become an indispensable musical instrument in folk activities such as celebrations, weddings and funerals, and rituals and ceremonies. The hometown of suona--Yudu County.

The suona, also known as trumpet and sea flute, is one of the most widely used musical instruments in folklore. The oboe, also known as the trumpet and the sea flute, is one of the most widely used folk musical instruments, and it was spread in the area of Baicheng, Xinjiang (the ancient name of Guizi) around the period of the two Jin dynasties, and there are images of it in the mural paintings of Cave No. 38 of the Thousand Buddhas Cave in Xinjiang, Kizil, which was excavated in the third century. The tenth cave of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi, excavated during the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), also contains carvings of oboe players. This suona, with its integral whistle, bone, and trumpet bowl, may be an early form of the suona, similar to the modern Xinjiang Uyghur wooden suona. Until the Ming Dynasty, the suona used in the Central Plains had the same structure as the modern suona. During the Qing Dynasty, the suona was also known as the jinkoujiao and sulne. In the court, it was included in the huibe music and used in the cymbal music. The latter edition of Lü Pingyi, the Qing Canon, and the Imperial Ritual Instruments Patterns all state that the suona is also known as the suona, with a picture to illustrate it. The suona has been widely used in instrumental music, opera accompaniment and wedding and funeral celebrations. The suona consists of a pole, a whistle, an air-board, an oboe and a bowl. The pole is made of mahogany, a hollow cone, with eight (seven before and one after) round sound holes, the surface of which is rotated into the shape of bamboo joints, which is beautiful and convenient to press the holes. Whistle reed system, one end of the flattened reed whistle, the other end of the round wire wrapped insert invasion. Gas plate for two round copper, plexiglass or celluloid sheet, divided into upper and lower sets in the invasion of the child, the center of the gourd-shaped decorations, seven pieces to hold the lips, the next piece of pressure on the pole, to help luck, so that the mouth force lasting. Invasion of copper conical tube, inserted on the reed whistle under the tube with the body of the connection. The bowl, also known as the trumpet mouth, is made of thin copper sheet in the shape of a trumpet, set on the lower end of the pole, which can be moved and loaded and unloaded. Suona is often used as a leading instrument or combined with gongs and drums, which is suitable for expressing a warm and joyful atmosphere. In rural areas, it is used for gatherings, harvests, festivals, weddings and funerals, and is the main instrument of Hebei Blow Song, Shandong Drum and Blow, Liaonan Drum and Blow, Chaozhou Drum and Blow, and Shanxi Eight Sets. Playing skills include playing in succession, single spit, double spit, triple spit, popping sound, flower tongue, xiao sound, sliding sound, trill, superimposed sound and cushion sound, etc., and it can also imitate the sound of birds chirping. Some folk artists can control the breath, but also can blow a soft xiao sound. The suona has a large volume, high and bright tone, and is good at expressing warm and exuberant, cheerful and lively emotions. The traditional repertoire is mostly derived from folk songs, local operas, folk songs and opera tunes. Traditional music includes "Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix", "Little Open Door", "A Flower", "Feng Yang Song Strings Eight Boards", "Wedding Song" and "Little Cowherd".

The representative repertoire of suona includes "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" and "A Salesman Comes to the Mountain Village".

Famous suona players include Ren Tongxiang, Hu Haiquan, Chen Jiaqi, Liu Ying, Guo Yazhi and Zhou Dongzhao.