Heshao music in wood color painting

[In the wood color painting and Shaole Xuan]

In the wood color painting and Shaole Xuan, the overall height is 59 cm, the internal depth is 47.5 cm, the upper edge is 82 cm, and the lower edge is 60 cm
It is made of wood and shaped like a square bucket. It is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. It is supported by a Xumizuo shaped cross seat. 柷 A round hole is opened in the middle of one side, and a round drum of the same size is raised in the middle of the inner wall of the opposite side, which is the place where the sound is produced by the impact. The hammer is called “stop”. It is an octagonal wooden hammer with a long handle. The inner wall of the wall is painted with black paint, the outer frame is painted with gold paint, and the four walls are painted with auspicious patterns such as the sea house and the unicorn, which are gorgeous and rich in royal style
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the instrument was specially used in the palace and Shao music. It was a musical instrument belonging to wood in the “eight tones” (gold, stone, earth, leather, silk, wood, bamboo, bamboo) of the palace music of all dynasties. “Shangshu Yiji” says “Hezhi Yiji”, which means “happy start” is named after “happy stop”, and “happy stop” is named after “happy stop”. When playing Zhongshao Music, the conductor of the band, the Hui, was raised and hit the inner wall with a mallet three times, and then the music began