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bianqing
Bianqing

Ancient stone chimes suspended on a frame and composed of 16 stones


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bone whistle

Very high-pitched whistle made of bone.


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dizi
dizi

A bamboo flute widely used for solos and in ensembles


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erhu
erhu

A 2-string lute played with the bow clasped between them, similar to a cello


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guqin

A 7-string zither without bridges and over 3000 years of history


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hulusi
hulusi

A gourd flute


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pipa
pipa

A 4-stringed fretted lute, similar to that of a guitar


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sheng
sheng

A double-reed mouth pipe organ


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suona
suona

A lively horn, particularly good at imitating the singing of hundreds of birds


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xun
xun

A clay ocarina flute and the oldest instrument in China


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yanqgin
yangqin

A hammered dulcimer with a near-squared soundboard played with two bamboo sticks


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zhongruan
zhongruan

A plucked lute, most similar to a banjo


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