Zheng is a descendant of the pioneer of China Bowstring Instrument, belonging to the bamboo family. Since the emergence of proper names in the Tang Dynasty, they have been widely used in court and folk. Due to the different spread areas, its shape, performance form and appellation have changed. As far as shape is concerned, it can be divided into two types: long and short, and the number of strings varies from 7 to 13.
There are two forms of performance: sitting and standing. Zheng and stringed instruments. Traditional musical instruments popular in Hebei, Henan, Fujian, Guangxi, Jilin and Yanbian areas of China. Zheng has a long history. According to "The Book of the Old Tang Dynasty", Zheng was played by wetting the end with bamboo pieces.
Song Chenyun has his own painting image, which looks like a Zheng and a musical instrument. It is a rectangular sounding box. There are several strings on the panel, which are rubbed with slender bamboo pieces. Jiao Ran, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Watching Li Zhongcheng and Hong Sing Zheng Qu", which vividly described the scene of playing Zheng at that time.
As the accompaniment of Wu 'an Pingdiao, a local opera in Hebei Province, the modern popular Zheng-rolling musical instrument is called Zheng-rolling piano or Zheng-rolling piano. Its face plate and bottom plate are made of paulownia wood, the chord is 10, and there are columns under the chord, which are made of jujube wood, and the chord is set according to the pentatonic scale; Scraping off the epidermis with sorghum stalks and rubbing rosin powder to play, the tone is soft and beautiful.
Longfeng Musical Instrument grandly launched the patented product of restoration and innovation-Zheng Rolling.
According to the Book of Music of the Old Tang Dynasty, "run the tail with bamboo pieces and roll it up". Zheng has a long history, which began in Tang Dynasty. Jiao Ran, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Watching Li Zhongcheng and Hong Sing Zheng Qu", which vividly described the performance of Zheng music at that time.
In the court banquet of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zheng also occupied a considerable position. Guzheng is mostly used to play singing music and can also be used as an accompaniment instrument. The number of strings of the Zheng is between 7 strings and 13 strings, and the playing forms are sitting and standing, and then it is gradually lost. Zheng Lei belongs to intangible cultural heritage.
Yangzhou National Musical Instrument Development Factory Co., Ltd. is a demonstration base of Yangzhou intangible cultural heritage protection. Thirty years ago, the enterprise innovated and copied the bass "Zheng" (Feng Shou's bass playing Zheng) for the use of the veteran cadre Zheng orchestra, and now it is collected in Huaxia Art Museum. In order to publicize and popularize the ancient Zheng rolling.
At present, the company is increasing investment in research and development. A series of rolling products (baritone Zheng, baritone Zheng and bass Zheng) have been declared national patents, and employees have been trained, music has been adapted, rolling performances have been held, and "Self-study Textbook for Rolling" has been compiled.