The origin of cucurbit silk can be traced back to the pre-Qin period, and it was evolved and transformed from cucurbit sheng. The structure still maintains the legacy of ancient musical instruments.
like the ancient flute, its two auxiliary pipes can be used to emit a continuous fifth interval. However, its supervisor has opened seven sound holes, which are very similar to the later Xiao and Di, and show its radicalism in history. After the founding of New China, the national musicians in China carried out continuous reforms on cucurbit silk.
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Legend of the origin of cucurbit silk
1. Legend 1
The origin of cucurbit silk is generally considered as Mengyang in lianghe county, dehong autonomous prefecture, Yunnan.
according to legend, in the pre-Qin period, lianghe county, dehong autonomous prefecture, Yunnan, Meng raised the riverside. In a flash flood, a brave Dai boy picked up a big gourd, braved the stormy waves and rescued his sweetheart. The Buddha was moved by his faithful love, so he inserted the bamboo tube into the golden gourd and gave it to the brave boy.
The young man picked up the golden gourd and immediately blew out a wonderful tune. Suddenly, it was calm and flowers were in full bloom. proud as a peacock congratulated the couple. Since then, Hulusi has been passed down from the Dai nationality in Mengyang, lianghe county, followed by the De 'ang, Jingpo and Achang nationalities in Lianghe, and then spread to Dehong and other ethnic areas, and passed down from generation to generation.
2. Legend 2
In ancient times, there was a fierce beast who often came down the mountain to eat people and livestock. At this time, there was a great hero named Artest. After many hardships, he arrived at the palace of Nu Wa. Nu Wa Niangniang was moved by Artest's sincerity and gave him a gourd to collect and pay monsters. Artest returned to his hometown, and when the fierce beast appeared, he used a gourd to collect and pay the fierce beast.
But the fierce beast was still bumping around in the gourd, so Artest put a bamboo in the bottom of the gourd, and the fierce beast finally quieted down inside and never came out to make trouble again. Later, in order to commemorate Artest's deeds, we imitated the appearance of this gourd and bamboo, created a gourd silk, and passed it down as a musical instrument.
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