中国传统乐器英文介绍

1、The xiao (箫; pinyin: xio; Wade-Giles: hsiao) is a Chinese vertical end-blown flute. It is generally made of dark brown bamboo (called purple bamboo in Chinese). It is also sometimes called dngxio (洞箫), dng meaning hole. An ancient name for the xio is shd (竖笛, lit. vertical bamboo flute) but the name

2、 xio in ancient times also included the side-blown bamboo flute, dizi.The xio is a very ancient Chinese instrument usually thought to have developed from a simple end-blown flute used by the Qiang people of Southwest China. The modern six-hole form of the instrument goes back to the Ming dynastyThe

3、hulusi (traditional: 葫芦丝; simplified: 葫芦丝; pinyin: hls) is a free reed wind instrument from China. It is held vertically and has three bamboo pipes which pass through a gourd wind chest; one pipe has finger holes and the other two are drone pipes.The hulusi was originally used primarily in the Yunna

4、n province by the Dai and other non-Han ethnic groups but is now played throughout China, and hulusi are manufactured in such northern cities as Tianjin. Like the related free reed pipe called bawu, the hulusi has a very pure, clarinet-like sound.Xun(埙) is an ancient porcelain wind-instrument. Most

5、of Xuns is made from iguline. The earliest pieces of Xun probably date from Hemudu Site seven thousands years ago. The sound of Xun is endowed with emotional human feelings. When performing with Xun, one can feel the innocence of remote antiquity times, and the pathos of desolation. Xuns are classic

6、 and simple by exterior but are indeed beautifully shaped. As a great musical instrument, it also is a elegant chinawareGuqin(古琴), It is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family with a history of more than 3000 years. The prefix gu- (meaning ancient) was later added for

7、 clarification. It can also be called qixianqin (lit. seven-stringed instrument). Guqin has traditionally been favored by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement. Guqin has always been viewed as the first place among the four Chinese high culture activities such as Gu

8、qin, Chess, calligraphy and painting.The urheen(二胡二胡) begins in the Tang Dynasty, until now already some more than 1000 years history. It originated most early in our country ancient times north a local national minority, was called “the Xi qin” at that timePipa（琵琶）（琵琶）, a traditional plucked string

9、 of East Asia, there are already 2000 years of history, the first to be known as the Pipa instrument around China during the Qin Dynasty emerged. Pipa This name is derived from the so-called pushing hands as loquat, loquat cited in hand (the most basic plucked-string technique), so called loquat (pi

10、pa). In the Tang Dynasty ago, is also a Chinese pipa lute where all the family (also known as the Grand Special Genus) plucked string instruments collectively. Chinese Pipa also spread to East Asia, the Japanese lute into the present, North Korea, and Vietnam pipa lute.The morin khuur or morin huur

11、(from the Mongolian: ) or matouqin (from the Chinese: 马马头琴头琴) is a chordophone of Mongolian origin whose name roughly translates as horse-head fiddle in English. It is played with a bow and produces a sound which is poetically described as expansive and unrestrained, like a wild horse neighing, or l

12、ike a breeze in the grasslands. It is the most important musical instrument of the Mongolian people, and is considered a symbol of the Mongolian nationBellsBells（编钟（编钟) is an important ) is an important instrument in ancient China. With instrument in ancient China. With cast bronze, in accordance wi

13、th cast bronze, in accordance with the size of the order of minutes the size of the order of minutes to hang on the shelves of wooden to hang on the shelves of wooden bell, colors and clear, resonant, bell, colors and clear, resonant, penetrating power. The bells penetrating power. The bells differe

14、nt shapes history, there different shapes history, there are several different pieces. are several different pieces. Ancient Music for Gagaku during Ancient Music for Gagaku during wars feast, worship and wars feast, worship and Circumstance should play bells. It Circumstance should play bells. It can be used for solo or ensemble can be used for solo or ensem