Research on the Classification of Wind Instruments in the Tang Dynasty

Journal: Arts Studies and Criticism DOI: 10.32629/asc.v2i3.447

Rong Ma

School of Literature and Art, Ningxia Institute of Science and Technology

Abstract

The Tang Dynasty was a period of highly developed ancient musical instrument art in my country. This article takes wind instruments in the Tang Dynasty as the research object, and tries to explore wind instruments in the Tang Dynasty from the following research directions: looking for the basic form of the instruments at that time from images and historical relics; looking for the classification and social functions of wind instruments in the Tang Dynasty from the literature.

Keywords

Tang Dynasty, transverse flute, shakuhachi, panpipe

Funding

The "Silk Road Wind Music Test" sub-project of the National Social Science Foundation Western Project "Silk Road Musical Instrument Test" (No. 19XSH014)

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