What are the four major categories of traditional Chinese musical instruments?

Replacing the modern classification of the "eight tones", traditional Chinese musical instruments are categorized into four main groups, namely "wind instruments", "wind instruments", "wind instruments", "wind instruments", "wind instruments", "wind instruments", "wind instruments", "wind instruments", "wind instruments", "wind instruments", "wind instruments" and "percussion instruments", "playing instruments" and "percussion instruments", referred to as "blowing, pulling, playing and beating". This is based on the folk artists call habits and instrument playing method characteristics to categorize a method, it has a common, clear, easy to understand and recognize the characteristics. Such as flute, suona, etc. with mouth blowing pronunciation, that is categorized as "blowing instruments"; erhu, horse head qin, etc. with a bow to rub the strings rely on "pull" playing pronunciation, that is categorized as "pulling musical instruments"; three-stringed, lute, etc. With fingers or plectrum playing pronunciation, that is categorized as "playing instruments"; drums, gongs, bangs, etc. with mallets striking pronunciation, that is categorized as "percussion instruments". This classification is still in use today.

Chimes unearthed from the Zenghouyi tomb of the Warring States period in Suixian, Hubei