Cymbals are the joint name of cymbals and cymbals, so they should be talked about separately.
Naoao, a long history, the earliest naoao produced in the shang dynasty, also known as "sign", for the bronze system, short and wide, there is a hollow short handle, after the insertion of a wooden handle can be held, to hammer and Ming, and three or five a group, size phase. "Zhou li · officer · drum man" said: "to take the gold on the drum. Zheng xuan note cloud: "cymbal, such as the bell, no tongue, have a handle, hold and ring. Later, it was similar in shape to cymbals, except that the middle part of the bulge was smaller, and its diameter was about one fifth of the total diameter.
There are many kinds of cymbals in Beijing Opera, mainly two kinds:
1. The big cymbals.
Copper, about a foot and a half in diameter, thinner than water cymbals. The middle bulge is minimal. Take two of them as a pair and hit each other to make a sound. It was loud and strong.
2. The little mirror.
North called "cymbals huozi", copper, shaped like water cymbals, but smaller. Also with two as a pair, the sound of each other.
Cymbals, ancient name "brass cymbals", "copper plate." Copper, round, with a central bulge like a hemispherical shape, about half the diameter of the full diameter. A hole in the middle and a ribbon or cloth. Also with two as a pair, the phase of the sound. First came out of India, then came to China. In the tang dynasty, seven of the ten pieces of music were cymbals.