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Thexiao(箫;pinyin:xiāo;Wade-Giles:hsiao)isaChineseverticalend-blownflute.Itisgenerallymadeofdarkbrownbamboo(calledpurplebambooinChinese).Itisalsosometimescalleddòngxiāo(洞箫),dòngmeaninghole.Anancientnameforthexiāoisshùdí(竖笛,lit.verticalbambooflute)butthenamexiāoinancienttimesalsoincludedtheside-blownbambooflute,dizi.ThexiāoisaveryancientChineseinstrumentusuallythoughttohavedevelopedfromasimpleend-blownfluteusedbytheQiangpeopleofSouthwestChina.Themodernsix-holeformoftheinstrumentgoesbacktotheMingdynastyThehulusi(traditional:葫芦丝;simplified:葫芦丝;pinyin:húlúsī)isafreereedwindinstrumentfromChina.Itisheldverticallyandhasthreebamboopipeswhichpassthroughagourdwindchest;onepipehasfingerholesandtheothertwoaredronepipes.ThehulusiwasoriginallyusedprimarilyintheYunnanprovincebytheDaiandothernon-HanethnicgroupsbutisnowplayedthroughoutChina,andhulusiaremanufacturedinsuchnortherncitiesasTianjin.Liketherelatedfreereedpipecalledbawu,thehulusihasaverypure,clarinet-likesound.•Xun(埙)isanancientporcelainwind-instrument.MostofXunsismadefromiguline.TheearliestpiecesofXunprobablydatefromHemuduSiteseventhousandsyearsago.ThesoundofXunisendowedwithemotionalhumanfeelings.WhenperformingwithXun,onecanfeeltheinnocenceofremoteantiquitytimes,andthepathosofdesolation.Xunsareclassicandsimplebyexteriorbutareindeedbeautifullyshaped.Asagreatmusicalinstrument,italsoisaelegantchinawareGuqin(古琴),Itisapluckedseven-stringChinesemusicalinstrumentofthezitherfamilywithahistoryofmorethan3000years.Theprefixgu-(meaningancient)waslateraddedforclarification.Itcanalsobecalledqixianqin(lit.seven-stringedinstrument).Guqinhastraditionallybeenfavoredbyscholarsandliteratiasaninstrumentofgreatsubtletyandrefinement.GuqinhasalwaysbeenviewedasthefirstplaceamongthefourChinesehighcultureactivitiessuchasGuqin,Chess,calligraphyandpainting.Theurheen(二胡)beginsintheTangDynasty,untilnowalreadysomemorethan1000yearshistory.Itoriginatedmostearlyinourcountryancienttimesnorthalocalnationalminority,wascalled“theXiqin”atthattimePipa（琵琶）,atraditionalpluckedstringofEastAsia,therearealready2000yearsofhistory,thefirsttobeknownasthePipainstrumentaroundChinaduringtheQinDynastyemerged.PipaThisnameisderivedfromtheso-calledpushinghandsasloquat,loquatcitedinhand(themostbasicplucked-stringtechnique),socalledloquat(pipa).IntheTangDynastyago,isalsoaChinesepipalutewhereallthefamily(alsoknownastheGrandSpecialGenus)pluckedstringinstrumentscollectively.ChinesePipaalsospreadtoEastAsia,theJapaneseluteintothepresent,NorthKorea,andVietnampipalute.Themorinkhuurormorinhuur(fromtheMongolian:моринхуур)ormatouqin(fromtheChinese:马头琴)isachordophoneofMongolianoriginwhosenameroughlytranslatesashorse-headfiddleinEnglish.Itisplayedwithabowandproducesasoundwhichispoeticallydescribedasexpansiveandunrestrained,likeawildhorseneighing,orlikeabreezeinthegrasslands.ItisthemostimportantmusicalinstrumentoftheMongolianpeople,andisconsideredasymboloftheMongoliannationBells（编钟)isanimportantinstrumentinancientChina.Withcastbronze,inaccordancewiththesizeoftheorderofminutestohangontheshelvesofwoodenbell,colorsandclear,resonant,penetratingpower.Thebellsdifferentshapeshistory,thereareseveraldifferentpieces.AncientMusicforGagakuduringwarsfeast,worshipandCircumstanceshouldplaybells.Itcanbeusedforsoloorensemblesinging,danceaccompaniment.Today,manyofthosefornationalorchestra,colorisastrongmelodyinstrument