The only Chinese musical instrument used in international symphonies

China Gong is a percussion instrument that people are very familiar with. This is a great musical invention of China people. So far, the earliest unearthed object is a bronze gong in the No.1 tomb of Wanbo, Guixian, Guangxi, which has a history of 2000 years.

A foreign musician once said, "A symphony orchestra without China gongs is somewhat inferior." The sixth symphony ("Pathetique") composed by the famous Russian composer Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840- 1893) appropriately used China's gong, which deeply touched the heartstrings of the audience. The China Gong used by the Dresden Symphony Orchestra, the oldest symphony orchestra in the world, was made in China in the Qing Dynasty and was the first Chinese musical instrument to enter the western orchestras. Today, the big gong is still the only Chinese instrument in the necessary compilation of western orchestras and symphonies.