Elegance of National Music, Chinese Ethnic Musical Instruments Exhibition!

The prototype of stringed instruments appeared during the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the huqin with horsehair bow was developed during the Song and Yuan dynasties. During the Republic of China period, the musician Liu Tianhua established the important position of the erhu in national music. In 1919, Zheng Jinwen founded the Datong Music Society, and the 32-person ensemble 'The Great Music of the East' participated in the exhibition at the Chicago World's Fair in the United States. The modern form of the erhu was largely determined after improvements by musicians such as Zhou Shaomei and Liu Tianhua in the early Republic of China period, based on the Sui and Tang dynasties' zhayin and xiqin. Since the 15th century, Muqam has been a highly characteristic musical genre of the Uyghur people. Mongolian plucked instruments include the Mongolian zither (yatoga), hovusi; stringed instruments include the morin khuur, sihu; wind instruments include the hujia, tongqin, kouxian; percussion instruments include the pengyou, flat drum, etc. The plucked instrument zhamunie and the stringed instrument biwang (ox horn hu) are the main accompaniment instruments for Tibetan folk songs and dances, and court music. The wind instruments gangdong, tongqin, shinbone trumpet, and conch are the main accompaniment instruments for Tibetan religious music. In this prosperous era, may the descendants of China listen to the strings and songs to understand the changing times, and appreciate the music of the qin to discern the shifts in humanistic thought.