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Feng Shouyi? Harvest Gull, a plucked instrument of the southwest minorities in ancient China. Named after the headdress of Feng Shouqin. The Qing dynasty called it "the general manuscript machine". It has a long history, beautiful shape, gorgeous decoration and soft tone. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was used for Tianzhu Music and Luguo Music, which was rarely used by the people. Since 1930s, China began to make crested crickets and use them in national bands.

As early as the 4th century AD and the beginning of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Feng Shou was introduced to China from India with Tianzhu music. There is a passage in Sui Shu Yueji: "Tianzhu" originated from Liangzhou (346-354) according to Zhang Chonghua, and translated into Gongnan Ji, "Tianzhu"? Yeah, it's fun. ..... nine kinds of musical instruments, such as Feng Shou, and twelve people in one work. "Cao Pi, a native of A Jin, once described in the poem" Ode to Praise ":"The dragon is in the shape of a phoenix, which is decorated with golden colors and covered with green algae. "The Book of the Old Tang Dynasty" said: "Later, the prince of other countries visited as a shaman and spread his dialect. "More than 400 years later, in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the phoenix head was introduced from Qi (now Myanmar). In the seventeenth year of Tang Zhenyuan (80 12), Tang Dezong was in power (780-804). Under the leadership of Prince Shu Nantuo, King of Huan, 35 artists came to Chang 'an, Tang Dou via Nanzhao, bringing China's music and dance. They brought 22 musical instruments, including two phoenix heads. Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, had a grand occasion to offer music in his book "Lure for National Music", which wrote: "Lure for National Music, Lure for National Music, comes from the southwest corner of the sea. Shwenadaw, the son of Yongqiang, came to offer Nanyin to serve Zhengshuo. ..... Jade snails blow vertebral buns, and copper advocates tattoos. Zhu Ying dazzles the stars, and Hua Man fights dragons and snakes ... "The New Tang Book and Qingguole said:" There is a phoenix head; One is two feet long and seven inches wide. Phoenix's head and neck are two feet and five inches long. Upper leather? ,? Ten have four strings, the neck is clumsy and the phoenix head is extroverted; One of them has a dragonfly and a dagger. " Du You's "Tongdian" says: "The phoenix head is embarrassed and the neck is embarrassed." There is also a picture of a phoenix in Le Shu written by Yang Chen in the Song Dynasty. Lost after the Ming Dynasty. The historical records of the Qing Dynasty are called "manuscript machine", and the Canon of the Qing Dynasty includes: "manuscript machine, Burmese musical instrument, thirteen strings." Attached with drawings.

Feng Shou is called Saung-Gauk in Burmese, which means bent harp. Also known as Burmese harp or bent harp. It is a stringed instrument, which originated in ancient Myanmar and later spread to Southeast Asia. This ancient musical instrument image can be seen in the relief of Borobudur in Java Island, and in the Buddhist murals in Dunhuang and Yulin Grottoes in China. Its body is like a boat, with its neck bent upward, like a multi-string hunting bow. The boat-shaped singing box is hollowed out from hard and heavy wood. The piano box is 60 cm ~ 80 cm long, with 68 cm being the most common. It is covered with a narrow and long layer of deerskin (dyed red), and there is a strip board in the center of the leather surface, which plays a dual role in tying the strings and transmitting the vibration of the strings to the leather surface. The piano head is carved into the leaf shape of a bodhi tree, symbolizing the pure magnolia. The other end of the string is tied to the bent neck with a red silk rope, and the red silk nail hangs down. You can adjust the pitch by moving the tied silk rope up and down. "Neck pierced", "Neck pierced" and "Neck pierced" refer to this. The earliest Moraceae, with only five or seven rattan strings, was popular in the southern mountainous areas; Around the 8th century AD, Sankoh became thirteen or fourteen strings, which were used in court music. Commonly used in contemporary Moraceae, thirteen strings or sixteen strings. Sitting posture when playing, put the piano on a special piano stand or wooden stool, hold the piano with both hands, and the left and right thumb and forefinger can pluck the strings to pronounce. What is the usual definition of Moraceae? Chords are: c, e, f, g, b, c 1, e 1, f 1, g 1, b 1, c2, d2, f2. Pressing one end of the string can improve the chord tone and get the desired tone. Can play single tone, double tone, triple tone, vibrato and Boeing. , and stop with the palm or middle finger. Sankoh is a representative stringed instrument in Myanmar, which is often used for solo, instrumental ensemble or accompaniment for song and dance. ?

In the Chinese Musical Instrument Museum of the Music Institute of the Chinese Academy of Art in Beijing, there is a magnificent phoenix-headed basket, which is exactly the same as those contained in The Book of the New Tang Dynasty, General Code, Le Shu and Map of the Qing Dynasty. The piano body is made of hardwood, with a total length of 96 cm and a height of 86 cm. * * * The speaker is boat-shaped, with a length of 68cm, a width of 16cm and a height of 17cm. The hollow paulownia panel in the middle of the block is covered with snake skin. A strip board is placed in the center of the leather surface, and the lower ends of the strings pass through the string holes of the board. The upper end of the string passes through the hole of the neck, tied to the curved neck with yellow silk rope, and the yellow silk spike hangs down. Zhang you 13 string, which has two thicknesses: silk string and casing string. Light brown pigment with pink lotus flowers and dark green lotus leaves painted on it. Exquisite craftsmanship and gorgeous appearance make it a treasure handed down from generation to generation in Myanmar. But the date of production and introduction is unknown. It was originally collected by Cheng, a famous Peking Opera performer in China. 1958, Mr. Cheng donated all his 186 ancient and modern national musical instruments to the country for free, including this phoenix.

In the early 1930s, Datong Music Club, a well-known national music club in China, was a gathering place for famous instrumentalists and instrument producers at that time. In order to carry forward the long-standing traditional music culture in China, they made a set of ancient and modern national musical instruments, including 143 pieces, one of which was a draft machine made and named according to the records and images in the Canon Map of Qing Dynasty. Zheng Jinwen (1872- 1935), the founder of Music Society, and Miao Jinlin and Luo Songquan, the producers, made some improvements when making this phoenix-headed piano. They thickened the curved neck and hollowed out the lower end of the neck to communicate with the piano box, which expanded the effective volume of the aria and increased the volume. The national band of Datong Music Club once used this phoenix head as a band ensemble. However, due to years of war or other reasons, these instruments have not been passed down to this day, and only the photos of the instruments have been passed down from generation to generation. 198 1 year, a Dan Xian tune was successfully trial-produced by Shanghai No.1 National Musical Instrument Factory. This factory once took part in the musical instrument photos of their Datong concert. This kind of tone sandhi phoenix head basket is designed and made according to the style of the draft editor, and has been used in national bands.

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It is 87 cm long and 9 1.5 cm high.

In February, Prime Minister Wu Nu of Myanmar presented Mao Zedong.

Fengtouqin is an ancient musical instrument in Myanmar, which was introduced to China thousands of years ago. In the murals of the Thousand Buddha Cave in Dunhuang, there is a phoenix-headed piano. One day, when a woman plays it, it looks like this instrument. In recent years, Myanmar literary and art groups performing in China, their musical instruments are all phoenix heads, which are in the same strain as ancient music and have continued to this day. ? This cricket is painted with gold paint from a high-quality wooden tire. On a boat-shaped piano plate with golden jewels, there is an arc-shaped piano head like a peacock neck, which is elegant and natural. Like a full sail, 65,438+04 strings are stretched on it, and the player pops up a dreamy and elegant piano music with his fingertips. This musical instrument is beautiful in shape, colorful and exquisite in craftsmanship. As a noble gift, it not only shows the superb skills of Myanmar artists, but also means that China-Myanmar friendship goes back to ancient times.