Sheng

[Sheng]

Sheng, clear, 50 cm high, 12 cm wide
Sheng, also known as Lusheng, is a wind instrument that makes sound by coupling resonance between reed and bamboo tube. This wooden Sheng Dou is lined with seventeen bamboo tube Sheng seedlings. The right mouth is slightly missing, and the left and right sides are separated. The middle tube is the longest, and the two sides are gradually shorter, and the shape is like a phoenix wing. The lower end of each bamboo tube is inlaid with red sandalwood Sheng feet, and the end of Sheng feet is inlaid with thin copper leaf reed. The Sheng seedlings are wrapped with bamboo hoops, and the Sheng mouth is decorated with ox bones
Sheng is a musical instrument with a long history in China and is the ancestor of most reed instruments in the world. It is said that Nu Wa invented the Sheng. The word “He” in the oracle bone inscriptions is the pictogram of the small Sheng at that time. It originates from the fact that the pronunciation of the Sheng follows the harmony principle, and the sound is full and pleasant. Sheng is a musical instrument belonging to Pao among the “eight tones”. It originated from the fact that the Sheng Dou was originally made of Pao. After the Tang Dynasty, it was mostly made of wood. Sheng is widely used in classical music and opera accompaniment in the Qing Dynasty