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What are the traditional Chinese musical instruments and instrumental music?

Chinese traditional musical instruments and instrumental music have a long history and a wide variety. The bone flute unearthed from the Neolithic site in Jiahu, Wuyang County, Henan Province, has a history of more than 7,000 years and can play seven tones and music. In primitive society, besides bone flute, there are other visible musical instruments, such as bone flute, clay bowl, clay bell and stone chime. Chimes, chimes, bronze drums, cymbals, cymbals, chimes, cymbals, chimes, drums, harps, buildings, pipes, pools. During the Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, new musical instruments appeared, such as Lusheng, Sword, Horn, Flute, Sword, Zheng, Zhixiang Pipa (Ruanxian) and Ziou. And drum music and guqin music attracted attention in this period. During the Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, the new important musical instruments were pipa, Xiqin, Sanxian and suona. Small instrumental ensembles have also developed, such as fine music and clear music. From Ming and Qing dynasties to modern times, the number of various musical instruments including variants has reached 100. Besides being able to solo a variety of musical instruments, there are also a variety of instrumental ensemble forms, such as string Suo Le, bamboo music, Lusheng music, percussion music, gongs and drums, etc., which have reached a high level in playing skills.

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