"Stone" refers to musical instruments made of stone or jade, such as Yi and Yi. ?
"Earth" refers to musical instruments made of clay, such as Datong and Tao Di.
"Leather" is an instrument made of animal skin, such as various drums.
"Silk" refers to musical instruments made of silk strings, such as erhu and pipa strings, so they and flute are collectively called silk and bamboo musical instruments, such as Qin and Qin. ?
"Bamboo" refers to a musical instrument made of bamboo, which has the sound of "ba" and "ruler". An ancient flute with two closed ends)
"Bae" refers to a musical instrument made of gourd, which was the name of gourd in ancient China. Of course you can be a gourd silk. . For example, sheng and Yu. ?
"Wood" refers to wooden musical instruments. All kinds of violins, erhu, bangzi and pure wood have xylophones, such as (Mu Ge) with four tones of Zhu and (I) with two tones of Yu.
In ancient China, there was a method to classify musical instruments according to their materials, which was called "eight-tone classification". Eight tones refer to eight materials "gold, stone, earth, leather, silk, bamboo and wood"?
Made of eight different materials: gold, stone, silk, bamboo, bamboo, earth, leather and wood. "Shu Shun Dian": "In three years, the four seas suppressed eight tones." Kong Chuan: "Eight tones: gold, stone, silk, bamboo, pao, earth, leather and wood." Master Zhou Li Chun Guan: "They are all played in eight tones: gold, stone, earth, leather, silk, wood and bamboo." Zheng Xuan's Note: "Gold, Zhong Wei also; Stone, Qing also; Earth, too; Leather, drums, drums; Silk, harp and harp; Wood, too; Hey, Shengya; Bamboo, pipe flute. " On the Biography of Xie Lingyun in the Book of Song Dynasty: "The husband's five colors are in harmony with each other, and the eight tones are in harmony, depending on Huang Xuan's temperament, each suit its own needs." Su Song-Shi's "Mutual Rise with Han Cheng": "Who dares to pay eight tones and compete for energy?"
Eight tones was originally a title in ancient books, first seen by master Li Zhou Guan Chun, and then gradually absorbed by various folk customs and religions. Eight tones with Buddhism, Lechang, musical instruments and Zhenlong are an important part of China's long-standing traditional culture and an important symbol of the history of temperament.
1. Eight materials used to make musical instruments in ancient China were usually made of eight different materials: gold, stone, silk, bamboo, earth, leather and wood. Historical Records of the Five Emperors: "Poetry expresses meaning, the song is long, the sound is eternal, the law is harmonious, the eight tones are harmonious, and the gods and people are harmonious."
2. General music. Jin's Bao Puzi Apollo: "Therefore, we are a hundred paces away from Zhu, and we can't argue the elegance and vulgarity of eight tones." Song and Ming Ying Xing's Heavenly Craft: "Strengthening the abdomen makes the soup misty, while the eight tones rise."
3, the voice of the eight winds. "Lu Chunqiu's Filial Piety": "Eight sounds are mixed, and the way to raise your ears is also." Gao: "Eight tones, the voice of gossip." Chen Qiyou explained: "Eight tones, the voice of eight winds ... the family members of Yin and Yang have eight winds, so it is called the voice of gossip."