The 竽 is a traditional Chinese gourd and bamboo pipe made of musical instrument. Generally speaking, the hoop refers to an instrument with a large gourd as a bucket and a bamboo pipe as a spring wind. The gourd bucket is the resonance chamber of the instrument, and the bamboo pipe is the sounder. According to ancient texts, the pipe was generally composed of 36 tubes, which was later reduced to 22 tubes. Mawangdui Han Tomb No. 1 ancient tomb excavated 22 tubes of cultural relics.
What are the characteristics of the shape of the pipe?
According to historical records, it was roughly composed of thirty-six bamboo pipes, and then at the end of the Han Dynasty, it was reduced to 22 bamboo pipes, and the cultural relics excavated from Mawangdui No. 1 Tomb were 22 bamboo pipes. The bamboo pipe is generally fixed to the bucket made of fenugree below, so that the notes can be more harmonious. Many people play with a basket at the same time has a kind of wind and rain drifting spirit, so it is generally a group play, and later there will be a situation of "indiscriminate filling".
What does it mean to overcharge?
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, King Xuan of Qi liked to listen to people playing the flute, and he liked many people to gather around him to play. One of the bands is a lazy, idle Mr. Nan Guo, who can't eat. But Mr. Nanguo treated himself as a musician and played with Xuanwang's whistleblower band.
It was in this way that Mr. Nan Guo mixed for many years, just shaking his head with the band, and no one even heard that he did not blow the pipe at all, and he was also highly rewarded. Later, King Xuan of Qi died, and King Qi Shu did not like the orchestra to play in unison, but preferred to play alone. Old Mr. NanGuo hurriedly fled.