Yuping Xiao

Zhishan Zheng Chinese

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The Yuping xiao, an end-blown flute from Guizhou province (south-west China), provides a softer, more refined tone than more robust sounding versions used in ensembles. These qualities, associated with scholar’s instruments, make it suitable for solo playing or for duets with the qin (fretless long zither). Some xiao like this one have poems inscribed on them.

Yuping Xiao, Zhishan Zheng (Chinese, 1814–1892), Xui bamboo (water bamboo), Chinese

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Yuping Xiao, Zhishan Zheng (Chinese, 1814–1892), Xui bamboo (water bamboo), Chinese
Yuping Xiao, Zhishan Zheng (Chinese, 1814–1892), Xui bamboo (water bamboo), Chinese

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