China's music culture has a long history, and the types of musical instruments are extremely colorful. China's "Zhong" first appeared in the form of musical instruments, which is one of the ancient musical instruments in China. In the classification of ancient musical instruments in China, Zhong ranks first among the eight tones, and it is a golden musical instrument. Shan Hai Jing, an anonymous ancient book in the pre-Qin period? "Haineijing" records: Sun Sheng, the grandson of Emperor Yan, plays drums, which is the beginning of the bell. Yesterday, the Yellow Emperor ordered Ling Lun to be the law, and the Yellow Emperor ordered Ling Lun and Rong Zhu to make twelve bells.

In addition, in the western Han dynasty famous writer Liu Xiang's "tube? It is also recorded in "Five Kinds of Articles": In the past, the Yellow Emperor made five tones according to his urgency and treated it for five minutes. It took five minutes, and one day, the green bell rang; Second, the center of gravity of Kurenai Rin; Third, Ling Huang shines; Fourth, the landscape clock is not clear; Fifth, the black clock is hidden.

In addition, it is said that "Zhong" was made by a man named Cui in the Yao and Shun era. Of course, some scholars believe that the clock originated from two chimes.