The Origin and Development of Musical Instruments
1 min readWhen humans in China first began to use tools thousands of years ago，they also fashioned crude musical instruments from stone，wood，and other materials.With social and technological progress，over 500 varie-
ties of musical instruments have been created with steady improvement and winnowing.A complete family of traditional Chinese musical instruments has taken shape，whose shapes and structures，performing skills and sound integration are characterized by complementarity and deep artistic expressivity.
As one of the oldest musical instruments in China，the sheng was thefirst instrument in the records of history after the appearance of the written language. With the scientific and technological development，the structure of sheng has improved. To meet the needs of the development of the traditional musical instru-ments，the sheng has occupied an increasingly important position in the orchestra. The gong is one of the percussion instruments among China’s traditional musical instruments.
