What is the meaning of the eight tones

The eight tones is the collective name for musical instruments in ancient China, referring to the eight categories of gold, stone, earth, leather, silk, wood, lagenaria and bamboo.

Bells (ancient percussion instruments, bronze), bells (made of metal ringing, and percussion instruments, similar to the shape of the bell but smaller) belong to the category of gold; chime (the name of an ancient musical instrument, carved from stone or jade, like a curved curve, hanging on the shelf, hit the song) belong to the category of stone; ocarina (an ancient earthen musical instrument, there are six holes, the shape of an egg) belongs to the category of earth.

The drums are the most important of all.

Drums (an ancient percussion instrument) belongs to the leather category; qin (commonly known as guqin, is a Zhou Dynasty has been a plucked string instrument), the Thur (is a shape similar to the ancient plucked string instrument) belongs to the silk category; (the name of the ancient musical instrument, also known as the brown, the shape of the Fu Hu, in the end of the music, hit the drumstick to make the performance stop) belongs to the wood category.

The sheng (reed instrument, composed of reed, sheng tube and bucket), yu (an ancient reed instrument, similar to the shape of the sheng but slightly larger, prevalent in the Warring States period in the folk) belongs to the Lagenaria category; the pipe (a wind instrument similar to the flute, but also refers to the wind instruments), the flute (an ancient wind instrument, the shape of a braided pipe, which seems to be the predecessor of the xiaojiao), belongs to the bamboo category.

Zhenlong Banyin

Guangdong Banyin is one of the oldest types of music widely popular in the south of China, belonging to folk music. The eight tones appeared at least as early as the Song Dynasty. They are named for the use of eight types of musical instruments, namely: strings (erhu), qin (yueqin, yangqin, sanxian), flute (suona), pipes (long and short pipes), xiao (horizontal xiao, straight xiao, cave xiao), gongs, drums, cymbals, etc.

Guangdong Banyin is one of the most ancient types of music widely popular in the south of China, belonging to the folk music.

Zhenlong Town, Xinyi City, Guangdong Province, is known as the "Hometown of Culture". Puppets, dragon dances, dragon boats, floating colors, eight sounds, music, white lanterns and other folk art activities in Xinyi originated in Zhenlong, with traditional features that still exist today, some of which have been developed.

The Zhenlong Banyin of Xinyi City, Guangdong Province, is performed by two or more people carrying a gong pavilion decorated with colorful silks, flower strings, ball spikes, patterns, etc., in the order of percussion and orchestral music, playing while walking, with a high and loud melody, playing week after week, with a cheerful melody and a warm and fluent atmosphere. Its music varies according to the occasion.