What national musical instruments are there in China?

China's national musical instruments include Qin, Guzheng, Xiao, Di, Erhu, Pipa and Drum.

1, invented by Qin and Fuxi. In ancient times, people's cultural accomplishment was manifested in four aspects: piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and playing the piano was the first of the four talents. Qin, like flute, Xiao and other musical instruments, can enjoy its music through the partition wall.

2. Guzheng, also known as Han Zheng, Qin Zheng, Yao Zheng and Luan Zheng, is a traditional national musical instrument in China, belonging to plucked musical instruments. It is one of the important national musical instruments unique to China. Beautiful timbre, wide range, rich playing skills and strong expressive force. Zheng is often used for solo, duet, instrumental ensemble and accompaniment of song and dance, opera and Quyi. Because of its wide range and beautiful timbre, it is called "the king of all kinds of music" and "Oriental piano".

3. "Today, the flute tube is an ancient flute, the cloud flute is an ancient flute, and the cloud flute is also a flute." Xiao has a long history. Generally, it is made of bamboo, with pores at the upper end. Xiao is suitable for playing low and euphemistic tunes, reposing quiet and distant thoughts and expressing delicate and rich emotions. Quiet and elegant, with endless aftertaste, it is hard to meet a bosom friend and revel in it.

4. Flute, a wind instrument, is an ancient Han musical instrument discovered so far, and it is also a representative wind instrument with national characteristics among Han musical instruments. In national bands, flute is an important wind instrument, regarded as the representative of national wind music, and known as "the king of folk music". The sound of the flute is crisp and sweet, which can be described as flute rhyme, blowing the customs.

Erhu started in Tang Dynasty and is called "Xiqin". It has a history of 1000 years. "Huqin system is like a fire without thinking, winding the tap, bowing two strings, bowing a ponytail" further expounds the production principle of Huqin. In modern times, Huqin changed its name to Erhu. Erhu consists of (barrel, leather, handle, shaft, string, bow, jack, piano code, piano holder and sound pad).

6. Pipa is called "the king of plucking" and belongs to plucked stringed instruments. A musical instrument called "Pipa" appeared in China around the Qin Dynasty. The word "Jue" in Pipa means "two pieces of jade collide and make a pleasant knocking sound", which means that it is an instrument that sounds by plucking the strings. When playing pipa, pipa is an important national musical instrument, which can be solo, accompaniment, ensemble and ensemble.

7. Drum is a traditional percussion instrument in China. In early legends, there was a kind of "earth drum" at the time of "Yi", that is, a drum made of clay. Because the drum has a good * * * sound, its voice is rich and loud, and it travels far, so it has long been regarded as a cheering force in the army by Chinese ancestors.

Ancient Chinese musical instruments

1. Pre-Qin period: According to unearthed cultural relics and literature records, the musical instruments in the pre-Qin period included drums, nai, Ying, Tian and Jun drums, bells, cymbals, cymbals, cymbals and discs.

2. Qin and Han Dynasties: The musical instruments that appeared mainly included Zheng, Pipa (with two different shapes: Qin and Ruan), flute, square ring and graceful instrument. Zheng, pipa and flute are all accompaniment instruments of "Song of Harmony".

3. Sui and Tang Dynasties: The sharp increase of musical instruments, especially drum instruments, may be caused by the development of song and dance music. There are more than 30 kinds of percussion instruments, such as brass cymbals, bangzi, festival drums, staff drums, waist drums, feather drums, fork drums, qi drums, shoulder drums, Jie drums, single altar drums, Maoyuan drums, Ala drums and Jilou drums.

4. Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties: During this period, stringed instruments have undergone outstanding changes and development. After the Western Qin Dynasty, the ponytail huqin appeared in the Song Dynasty. There are also more than 50 recorded musical instruments, such as Huqin, Daruan, Banjo, Yueqin, Huluqin, Bohai Qin, Erxian, Dambra, violin, Kazak, dulcimer and so on. (In fact, there are many kinds of stringed instruments among the people.).