The ancients divided musical instruments into eight categories: gold, stone, earth, leather, silk, wood, gourd and bamboo, which were called "eight tones". The sound produced by these two musical instruments, chimes and chimes, is crisp and bright, known as the "sound of gold and stone", and is officially recognized as "the most elegant sound".
The main ancient musical instruments include xun, fou, zhu, panpipe, harp, zither, guqin, zither, etc. After the Han and Tang Dynasties, a large number of foreign musical instruments such as flute, 筚篥, pipa, and huqin were adopted into Chinese music and were improved and developed by the Chinese, gradually replacing China's original local musical instruments. Except for the guqin, which has always been favored by literati and spread as an instrument, almost all the instruments officially performed among the "folk music" public are from abroad.
Chimes are composed of several "bells" of different sizes. Each bell body is decorated with a simple animal face and the inner cavity is empty. There are many types of chime bells. Most of the chime bells in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty were in groups of nine. The larger chime bells are represented by the Chime Bells of Zeng Hou Yi (the chime bells unearthed from the tomb of Zeng Hou Yi), with a total of sixty-four pieces. Three layers of suspension.
The history of chimes can be traced back to the late Neolithic Age, when bells were mostly made of pottery; chimes after the Shang Dynasty were mostly made of copper.
Chime bells belong to the family of pitch-modified percussion instruments. Their pronunciation is similar to bells, with crisp and pleasant sound and long-lasting sound. It has an oriental color and is suitable for playing oriental pentatonic music.
Chimes occupy an extremely important position in ancient Chinese music.
/3601/2005/04/30/1266@534796.htm
The ancients paid special attention to the atmosphere when playing musical instruments. They must first burn incense and bathe to purify the mind and regulate the spirit. This is consistent with Buddhism Culture seems to come from the same source, which reflects the profundity and nobility of Chinese musical instruments.
I like Chinese classical musical instruments and appreciate classical music. I always immerse myself in that ancient and ethereal realm and become pure-hearted and forget everything around me. I rarely listen to Western music recently, not because it is not beautiful enough, but because I always feel that it lacks a certain connotation and charm - a charm that is the result of profound traditional culture. I think that the forms of expression of Western musical instruments mostly trigger the listener's thoughts and emotional experiences through the senses, while Chinese ancient musical instruments reach directly to the heart through the senses, swirling, stirring, and endless in the depths of the soul, with endless aftertaste. This may be the reason why I prefer Chinese music!
Guqin is like a magnanimous wise man who tolerates everything. The ancients said: "Among the eight tones, strings are the most important, and the qin is the first." "Among all instruments, the qin has the best virtue." The word "qin" refers to the guqin. Guqin has accumulated rich cultural connotations because it has been in the hands of literati and officials for a long time. It also has elegant and poetic names, such as "Green Qi", "Jiuxiao Huanpei", "Haiyue Qinghui", etc. Although the guqin from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties has long had a high cultural relic value, it is always used as a living and vital instrument, not just displayed as a cultural relic or handicraft. "The harp player relies on the sounds of heaven and earth" to "connect with the gods and frighten the ghosts and gods", so Huba plays the harp, birds gather in the sky, and fish come out to listen; Shi Kuang plays the harp, six horses raise their heads, and black cranes stretch their necks... Almost all stories about music come from the guqin. Guqin also has extremely broad artistic expression. It is clear, simple, round and full of penetrating power and texture, so its expression realm is very broad: the subtle and distant "Goose Falling on the Sand", the elegant and pure "Three Plum Blossoms" "Nong", the leisurely and soothing "Qiao Qiao Qiao", the strong and rough "Guangling San", the sad and sad "Nagato Resentment", the majestic "Flowing Water", there is almost nothing that the guqin can do.
If the guqin is like a distinguished person, then the konghou is like a graceful and graceful ancient beauty.
Among all musical instruments, the harp has the most unique and beautiful appearance, and has the same long history as the guqin. Its tone is more clear, mellow and contains melodious rhyme. It is also the only instrument that can play melody with both hands at the same time. "Sui Shu Music Chronicle" records that it originally came from the Western Regions, so it became even more mysterious. Bai Letian described the pipa as "big beads and small beads falling on a jade plate", but I think this sentence is more appropriate to describe the phonology of the harp. It is softer and more elegant than the pipa, like a slender lady dancing with her long sleeves.
When an ethereal and freehand song "Xiang Fei Bamboo" comes, the moving clouds in the wilderness become stagnant, making people stay away from the hustle and bustle.
The guzheng is like a traditional woman with modern elements. Its timbre is crisp and elegant but different from the calmness of the guqin and the elegance of the harp. Therefore, it is more widely accepted by modern girls. You can learn it with less The classical cultural heritage necessary for the guqin. In the book "Release of Names" by Liu Xi of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is explained as: "Zheng, the strings are high and urgent, and the zheng is also a zheng." It means that the zheng is named after the "clank, clang" sound it makes. The artistic conception of "Spring River with Flowers and Moonlight Night" and "Fishing Boats Singing Evening" are most suitable to be interpreted by the guzheng. The sound of any instrument cannot be so perfect. The ancients once said, "A banquet full of guests and no words are spoken, and a line of mourning geese makes thirteen sounds" to describe the art of zheng playing reaching a state of relaxation.
The appearance of Hulusi is unadorned, as simple and plain as an innocent and carefree girl next door aged 17 or 18, giving people a feeling of pure beauty and joy. But it has a particularly strong sense of rhythm and an intimate and moving timbre. It can convey the pure love between men and women. It can be the sound of the beautiful mountains and rivers of Yunnan, or the beautiful and colorful feather screen of the peacock, but it does not have the image of grandeur and spaciousness. "Phoenix Tail Bamboo in the Moonlight" is a sweet and crunchy Xiaojiabiyu-style crooning, and "A Beautiful Place" is a graceful and graceful Huansha daughter-style singing. Such romantic and charming music is perfect as the background of an elegant place.
The lines and shapes of the pipa are very soft, and it looks like a sexy woman when placed there quietly. But its character is strong, like a domineering warrior. Therefore, it is the best performer of "The Overlord Disarms" and "House of Flying Daggers" because its density, intensity and noisy sound always strain people's nerves, and they worry that the strings will break at any time. In general, the state of mind is not suitable for listening to such music.
And Dongxiao is more like a hermit monk, always detached and selfless in the pine forest under the moonlight by the quiet stream.
In fact, the origin of today's Dongxiao is the Qiang flute of the Han Dynasty. The emotional tone of Wang Zhihuan's "Why should the Qiang flute blame the willows" also illustrates the emotions that the Qiang flute of the previous generation and today's Dongxiao are good at expressing. Dongxiao and bamboo flute are similar in appearance and are both winding instruments, but the sound of the flute is rough, high and loud, which is very different from Dongxiao. The slightly melancholy "Recalling the Flute on the Phoenix Stage" whispers the moving legend of the history of the flute and Nongyu, which cannot be imitated by the bamboo flute. At the same time, it also contains a Zen flavor. "Travel of the Monk in the Cold Mountain" and "Deep Mountain Zen Forest" are the most suitable for it. The deep and distant sounds are endless, making people realize the profoundness of return and rebirth in a trance.
Erhu is an old man who has gone through many vicissitudes of life. Perhaps it is more appropriate to call him blind Abing.
A Bing is actually good at pipa, harp, sheng, drums and other musical instruments. He is a talented musician. But he was only praised for his erhu. His experience and background are so similar to the erhu's character! Only such a person can become one with the erhu. This tragic instrument is simply him. He just started tuning the strings and you felt the misery and sadness. The lonely resentment of the palace maid in "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace" and the calamity of fate in "The Moon Reflected on Two Springs" are all indictments of life in the cold and dark night. It's just that the elegant title of "Two Springs Reflect the Moon" is so inconsistent with the artistic conception created by the song itself, as if it was a deliberate irony.
The xun is the most indescribable thing among all musical instruments. It is made of soil, and the sound it makes is the whimper of the soil. It is like a burial object buried for thousands of years, with endless sadness. It can only be said that it is like a ghost. It does not belong to the world, the day, or humans. You can't tell where its voice comes from at all. It is so misty and confusing whether it is far or close. The ancient and sad "Ai Ying" and the simple and low-pitched "Chu Song" express the extreme desolation and boundless feeling of Xun. Xun is a meditative instrument and a nostalgic instrument. "Book of Music" says: "Xun is an instrument and the sound of the Beginning of Autumn." Maybe people can't stand that kind of deep sorrow, so few people go to "feel" - I thought the word "listen" cannot be used for Xun's whimpering