Ethnic Musical Instruments

Symbolizing wealth and power, bronze drum is a long lasting percussion instrument for worshipping among the southern Chinese ethnic groups. It came into being as early as 2,700 BC...

“Dong dongkui” is a single reed and elytron-form instrument. It is usually 15 centimeter long, with its diameter 1-2 centimeter or so. It has 3 or 4 holes along...

The Korean nationality is good at singing and dancing, and the singing and dancing activities have wide mass participation. Besides on festive occasions, even at ordinary times and during...

“Dongbur” is the stringed instrument of Xibo nationality, which is popular in Chabuhar autonomous country, Huochen and huamu, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The instrumental head and neck are made...

Every December in lunar calendar, flowers in Jino mountain bloom luxuriantly and the time of celebrating the harvest comes. “Dong-Dong-Dong”, Zhuoba, an old man of the village, starts to...

“Competing for New Water” and “Lusheng (a reed pipe wind instrument) Dance” The festivals of Lahu people include Spring Festival, Torch Festival, Xinmi (new rice) Festival, Ancestry-Worship Festival, Kala...

“Reed-pipes are indispensable to the Miaos.” The Miaos’ musical instruments are mainly pipe and percussion instruments. Pipe instruments are: reed pipe, vast bobbin, night vertical bamboo, sisters’ vertical bamboo...

“Sixian” (a four-stringed plucked instrument) conveys amorous feelings Sixianqin (qin-general name for certain musical instrument) is a traditional instrument loved very much by the Pumis. In Pumi villages, simple...

Because of the long history and the long closed-up living environment, many simple and pure old customs have been kept in the spiritual culture of the Qiangs. The two...

Wooden drum, called “Keluoke” in Wa language, is a traditional sacrifice offering tool, musical instrument and alarm reporting tool. Trunk of Schima wallichii,peach tree or Mali tree is raw...