What year was the suona entered into the national intangible cultural heritage?

Sawona art into the national intangible cultural heritage is 2006.

On May 20, 2006, the suona art was approved by the State Council to be included in the first national intangible cultural heritage list.

On May 24, 2021, the suona art (Wutai eight sets) declared by Wutai County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, was approved by the State Council to be included in the list of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects list of extended projects.

Playing Style

The suona is often used as a leading instrument or combined with gongs and drums, and is suitable for expressing a warm, joyful atmosphere and majestic, magnificent scenes, especially suitable for playing bold, spicy tunes, and able to profoundly and delicately express the inner thoughts and feelings, making it a highly expressive instrument. Suona can be used for solo, ensemble or accompaniment, the playing style can be roughly divided into two schools. In the south, suona playing (including most of the opera accompaniment), the use of cyclic gas exchange method of one word and one tone, and seldom use other playing techniques to decorate the melody.