What are the ancient Chinese "silk" musical instruments?

1. Pipa

Pipa is the first plucked instrument and a plucked stringed instrument. It is made of wood, with a semi-pear-shaped speaker box and four strings on it. It was originally made of silk thread, but is now mostly made of steel wire, steel rope, and nylon. The neck and panel are equipped with "phase" and "fret" to determine the phonetic position. When playing, hold it vertically, press the strings with your left hand, and play with the five fingers of your right hand. It is an important national instrument that can be used as a solo, accompaniment, ensemble, or ensemble.

2. Yangqin

Dulcimer, also known as dulcimer, daqin, copper silk qin, fan qin, bat qin, butterfly qin, is a percussion instrument. The dulcimer is an indispensable instrument in the Chinese folk band. The dulcimer is a commonly used percussion instrument in China. It has the same origin as the piano. Its timbre has distinctive characteristics, with a large volume and a combination of hardness and softness. When played slowly, the timbre is like a tinkling mountain spring, and when played fast, the timbre is like gurgling water.

3. Zheng

Zheng, also known as Gu Zheng and Qin Zheng, is an ancient traditional plucked instrument in China from about (221 BC to 207 BC). The guzheng has a wide range, clear timbre and rich expressiveness, and has always been loved by the public. Before the Han and Jin Dynasties, the zither had twelve strings, and later it was increased to thirteen, fifteen, sixteen and twenty-one strings.

4. Guqin

Guqin, also known as Yaoqin, Jade Qin, Silk Tong and Lyre, is a traditional Chinese plucked string instrument with a history of more than three thousand years and is one of the eight tones. Guqin has a wide sound range, deep timbre and long lingering sound. Since ancient times, "qin" has been its specific name. In the 1820s, it was renamed guqin to distinguish it from the piano. It originally had 5 strings, but was customized to 7 strings in the Han Dynasty, and had 13 emblems marking the rhythm. It was also a ritual and musical instrument.

5. Se

Se, a traditional Chinese plucked string instrument. It is shaped like a piano and has 25 strings with different thicknesses. There is one pillar for each string. Tuned according to the pentatonic scale. The earliest zither had fifty strings, so it was also called "fifty strings".