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Wind Musical Instruments---- Xun
The xun is one of the oldest musical
instruments in China, with a history of approximately 7,000 years. The xun is
an egg-shaped, windpipe instrument. Initially it had only one hole, but
afterwards it gained more holes. Finally at the end of the 3 century BC a
six-holed model appeared. The xun instrument was usually used in making royal
music in Chinese history. There are two kinds of xun. One is shaped like an egg
(smaller but louder) and the other is often played along with another kind of
pipe instrument called a chi, an ancient Chinese musical instrument that is
made of bamboo. Some descriptions about the xun can be found in shijing, the
earliest form of poetry in China.
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