Pictures of what kind of musical instrument is a gong

Gane (zhēng) is a percussion instrument.

Gane is an ancient marching instrument, also known as "dingning", shaped like a bell, with a long handle, the use of the mouth facing upward, struck with a mallet, prevalent in the Spring and Autumn period in the southern states. From the archaeology of cultural relics can be seen, gong in the Han, Wei, Jin period of marching ceremonies are still very popular. Ancient Chinese percussion instrument. The shape of the gong like cymbal, longer than the cymbal narrow, but taller and heavier than the cymbal, the archaeological community commonly known as the big cymbal.

Gane for the military issued signals, constraints on the pace of the use. "Poetry - Xiaoya - Cai not" said: "gong to quiet, drums to move." Therefore, the same function with the cymbal. Later, also appeared bells, can play music or send a clearer signal, when the significance of the military with the modern similar, but can also be used for rituals and banquets.

Characteristics of gongs:

The main pattern of a general gong often consists of a large, deformed animal face or a symmetrical scrolling dragon pattern, surrounded by a border around the main pattern, which is decorated with half-relief fish, tiger, elephant, and fire patterns.

The two sides of the body are carved in semi-relief with the same Yang line round vortex pattern, tadpole pattern, triangular pattern, etc. A group of a group of plume-like arrangement, filled with the body of the rectangle in the middle of the area, with the characteristics of the Warring States period of the culture of Ba Shu.