This musical instrument has also been unearthed in Shanxi, Gansu, Henan and Shandong provinces of China. Judging from the unearthed cultural relics, Yan experienced a long development stage. About four or five thousand years ago, Yan developed from one sound hole to two sound holes and could play three sounds. After entering the slave society, Yan got further development. A few years ago, Yan from the late patriarchal society to the early slave society was unearthed in Huoshaogou, Yumen, Gansu Province. It has three sound holes and can play four kinds of sounds. By the late Shang Dynasty, more than 0/000 years before BC, Yu had developed into five sound holes and could play six sounds. By the Spring and Autumn Period more than 700 years before BC, there were already six sound holes, which could blow out complete pentatonic and heptatonic scales. It took more than 3000 years to develop from one sound hole to six sound holes.
It is worth mentioning that according to the investigation and textual research of unearthed cultural relics, it is found that cloud is a musical instrument that has been developing in an orderly manner from the Neolithic Age to the Xia and Shang Dynasties for three or four thousand years. By measuring the voice of Tao Xun, it is possible to find the answer to the generation and development of ancient scales in China.
In ancient times, there were many forms of urns, such as pear-shaped, fish-shaped, spherical and pen container-shaped. The materials used to make the urn are pottery, stone, jade, wood and ivory, and most of them were pottery. Shape, size, name, etc. There are detailed records of Yan in China's ancient books. "World Book" said: "Violent new public works", another way of saying it was said by Di Ku's family at that time. "Du Zongtong" said: "Did Zhou Ji ever violently attack the country?" These casting methods are not credible. Er Ya's note: "Burning soil is the main thing, the big one is like a goose, sharp and flat, like the weight of six holes, and the small one is like a chicken." Nie's three-body diagram says, "whoever has six points, the first point, the first three points and the last two points." "Book of the Old Tang Dynasty" also said: "Yi, the voice of beginning of autumn, everything is yellow, the earth is it ..."; He Rensi said in Xiao Ya's Poems: "Bo's strike is a strike in the middle", which means that heaven makes people harmonious and strikes them.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, harmony was once an important musical aesthetic. "Harmony is precious" is the concentrated expression of Confucian philosophy of "Harmony is precious" in music. Harmony refers to the soothing and peaceful content, which is helpful to enlightenment, embodies the aesthetic view of contemporary music and is the harmony of sound. The role of music in this respect is remarkable. The ancients said: "If there is virtue of governance, saints will drown;": Therefore, it is wrong to borrow money from Fu Bo. " Rhyme is a kind of alto instrument. Because its tone is simple and mellow, it is particularly soft compared with the high-frequency sounds used by the ancients, so rhyme is particularly respected by the ancients.
Inkstone is one of the important musical instruments in ancient China. More than 3,000 years ago, in ancient China, musical instruments were divided into eight types: gold, stone, earth, leather, silk, bamboo and wood, which were called eight tones. Among the eight tones, the local accent is the best. In the whole ancient band, it plays the role of filling the alto and reconciling the high and low notes. The ancients said, "The five tones are positive, and the six tones are tonal. You should be firm and soft, but lose lightly. You should regard stones as the same thing as gongs and bells and chimes, which have the same important position, and other musical instruments can't compare with them.
Known by the people as local music, although it is far less magnificent than the chime, which is known as the head of the golden music, and there is no beautiful arrangement like bird singing, it is no wonder that the ancients valued and respected the stone so much for its unique charm. Therefore, from the slave society to the whole feudal society, clouds are almost an important part of court bands, and some emperors also introduced clouds as chamber music in harem.
As the Chinese nation has gone through thousands of years of history, however, in the past hundred years, due to domestic troubles and foreign invasion, and the limitations of musical instruments themselves, it has almost died out.
Today, Yan's rebirth should be attributed to those folk musicians and performers who are keen on excavation, development, reform and innovation. With their efforts, the range of the cloud has been continuously developed, from the past six sound holes to more than a dozen sound holes, and the twelve-tone law can also be played smoothly. The expressive force of the cloud has been greatly enriched, and the continuous innovation of playing techniques and the continuous emergence of works have revived this ancient musical instrument. Today's Yan can not only blow out the simple and deep sad melody, but also play a passionate and humorous happy movement. Not only is it deeply favored by domestic music lovers, but it has also gone to the world and is well received by foreign musicians and listeners. Chinese and foreign music critics pointed out: "Yan is almost as old as the Chinese nation, and its unique timbre is very charming." This strange instrument is irreplaceable by other instruments. They praised: "Yan is a musical bottle that can make a wonderful sound." "
With the continuous popularization and promotion of Yan art, it will radiate more dazzling brilliance!