Bamboo pipe flute with wooden red paint and gold cloud dragon pattern

[Wooden red paint painted with gold cloud and dragon pattern bamboo pipe]

Wooden red paint painted with gold cloud and dragon pattern bamboo pipe, Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, 33.7 cm high, 35.8 cm wide, 3.3 cm thick, and 0.9 cm inside diameter
The panpipe, that is, the wind and vertical flute instruments, is named because of the uneven length of the bamboo tubes arranged together, also known as “uneven”, “bamboo”, and “phoenix flute” because of its shape like a phoenix spreading its wings. The 16 bamboo pipes of the panpipe have the same thickness and the top mouth is flat. The pitch is distinguished by the length of the pipe body. The longer the pipe, the lower the pitch. The names of the golden rhythms on the surface of the tube are arranged on two wings, in the order of bass to treble, respectively corresponding to the eight yang rhythms and eight yin lvs in the music of the Qing Dynasty. The outside of the bamboo tube is fixed with a wooden cabinet. The cabinet is painted with red paint and painted with the pattern of double dragons playing with beads. It is full of royal style
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the panpipe was dedicated to the music of Zhongshao. It is a musical instrument belonging to bamboo in the “Eight Tones and Harmonics”. It is a symbol of the supreme status of heaven and earth and the emperor. The panpipe has a long history in ancient China and has appeared as early as the Neolithic Age. The stone panpipe was unearthed in the tomb of the State of Chu in the late Spring and Autumn Period in Xiasi, Xichuan, Henan Province, and the bamboo panpipe was unearthed in the famous tomb of Marquis Yi Zeng in the Warring States Period. The bamboo flute originally did not have a cabinet frame. After the Yuan Dynasty, the bamboo flute appeared and was gradually used in the imperial palace. It is hard to find the trace of the bamboo flute among the people