The names of ancient musical instruments and

Ten national musical instruments in ancient China:

1, pipa:

This epitaph plucked instrument, known as the "king of plucking", has a semi-pear-shaped speaker, usually a four-stringed pipa. Silk thread was first used, and steel wire, steel rope and nylon are common in modern times. It can be solo, accompaniment, ensemble or ensemble, and it is an important national musical instrument in China.

2. Erhu:

Erhu is a musical instrument that appeared in the Tang Dynasty. With unique charm of stringed instruments such as Huqin and Xiqin. Now people usually use this bowstring instrument to interpret profound and spectacular content. Erquan reflecting the moon is the most famous Erhu Opera.

3. Bell:

Variant is an ancient large percussion instrument in China, which rose in the Western Zhou Dynasty. It was the most popular in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At present, the largest chime instrument in China is Zeng Houyi's chime collected by Hubei Provincial Museum. When playing, the bronze bell is usually struck with a T-shaped wooden hammer or a long stick. Every clock with different tones can be struck according to the sound spectrum, and it can play wonderful music.

4. Xiao:

Xiao, a musical instrument that can be traced back to ancient times, is an ancient Han wind instrument, which is divided into single pipe and vertical pipe. At present, a bone sounder dating back more than 7,000 years has been found in the archaeological history of China, and it is currently collected in Zhejiang Museum. This kind of wind instrument is mellow and soft, usually solo or ensemble.

5. Flute:

At present, the earliest musical instrument found in China is the 16 clarinet found in the early Neolithic site in Wuyang County, Henan Province. It is one of the unique wind instruments in China with a history of more than 8,000 years. At present, the most common one is the seven-tone Kong Di, which has the familiar traditional scale of China.

6. Joseph:

As a stringed instrument with a long history, it is mainly unearthed in Hubei, Hunan and Henan provinces. It accounts for the largest proportion of all the stringed instruments discovered in China, and its shape is similar to that of the harp. It has 25 strings and 50 strings at the earliest, so it is also called 50 strings, and it is usually tuned according to the pentatonic scale.

7. Guqin:

Guqin is a traditional musical instrument that originated in Fuxi era. It was originally a banjo, but later two strings were added. At present, there are seven strings on the piano face, and thirteen emblems are embedded on the piano face to identify the phonemes on the strings. It is recorded in a large number of documents in the history of China, and it is a treasure of ancient music in China.

8. hey:

Inkstone is a six-hole round or oval wind instrument made of clay. After development, there are many shapes, such as oblate, oval, fish or pear. It first appeared about 7000 years ago. It is an ancient wind instrument with simple and mellow pronunciation.

9. Sheng:

Sheng, also called Lusheng, is a reed instrument. It grabs the reed in each pipe and checks it. It is also the earliest musical instrument using free reed in the world, and the only harmonic instrument in wind instruments, with the widest range, clear and infectious timbre.

10, drum:

Drum is an early percussion instrument with a history of more than 4500 years. In ancient times, it can be used not only for music and dance, but also for offering sacrifices and destroying wild animals. It is a tool for telling time and giving an alarm. At present, it is more heroic. Drum instruments are used in many activities, and the varieties can be mainly divided into waist drum, big drum, big drum and Hua Pengu.