The meaning and symbol of shackles

Tao Xun, which was mainly used to trap prey in ancient times, is the oldest silent instrument in China. The friendship between Yan and Chi also symbolizes a noble, noble, pure and unbreakable friendship among ancient China literati.

From a scientific point of view, inkstone should be a musical instrument gradually created by our ancestors in the long-term production and labor practice. The early prototype was a stone used for hunting (called "stone meteor" in ancient records). Because there are naturally formed cavities or holes in the stone, when the ancestors threw this stone at the prey, the air flowed through the cavities in the stone to form a whistle, which inspired the ancient ancestors to make musical instruments. This is how the early shackles were produced. Labor expanded the weapons of primitive ancestors and created the civilization of primitive society.

Cloud is an important wind instrument in ancient China. Its shapes are tubular, olive fish-shaped, conical and so on. All of them have blow holes at the top, some have no sound pressure holes, and some have several sound pressure holes. Mostly pottery products, but also bone products.