Is the sanxian a plucked instrument?

Three-string is a plucked musical instrument, three-string also called three-stringed zither, is a Chinese plucked musical instrument, three-string first appeared in the Ming Yang Shen "Shengan outside the collection": "This time the three-string, began in the Yuan time." The sanxian is an indispensable instrument for traditional music arts, such as the Northern Drum Book and the Suzhou Bomb Review.

The history of the sanxian is very long, as early as 214 B.C., after Qin Shi Huang destroyed the six countries to complete the unification, in order to build the Great Wall of China, the handle of the small drums will be transformed into a plucked musical instrument, which can mobilize the heavy labor.

Three-stringed volume is very large, the tone is also very thick, the music of the big changes, roughly divided into small three-stringed and big three-stringed, the northern drums, single-stringed, etc. are more, so most of them are accompanied by big three-stringed, and most of the south is kunqu and the silk and bamboo type of instrumental music, so it is generally used in the small three-stringed.

The playing techniques of the three-stringed instrument are very varied and complicated to learn, including playing, picking, double-picking, double-picking, sweeping, wheeling, rubbing, and so on.

The sanxian has a wide range of uses, not only solo, but also in the national band ensemble, and rap and opera accompaniment, in the rap music is also very common, the big sanxian in the Beijing opera is more common, the small sanxian in the local opera is more common.