中国传统乐器英文介绍

Guqin(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 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 Guqin, Chess, calligraphy and painting.
The hulusi (traditional: 葫芦丝; simplified: 葫芦 丝; pinyin: húlúsī) is a free reed wind instrument from China . It is held vertically and has three bamboo pipes which pas s through a gourd wind chest; one pipe has finger holes an d the other two are drone pipes.The hulusi was originally us ed primarily in the Yunnan province by the Dai and other no nHan ethnic groups but is now playeBaidu Nhomakorabea 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.
The urheen(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 time
•Xun(埙) is an ancient porcelain wind-instrument. Most 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 and simple by exterior but are indeed beautifully shaped. As a great musical instrument, it also is a elegant chinaware
Pipa（琵琶）, a traditional plucked string 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 pluckedstring technique), so called "loquat" (pipa). 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 xiao (箫; pinyin: xiāo; 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 dòngxiāo (洞箫), dòng meaning "hole." An ancient name for the xiāo is shùdí (竖 笛, lit. "vertical bamboo flute") but the name xiāo in ancient times also included the side-blown bamboo flute, dizi.The xiāo 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 dynasty