Xiao (flute) - Related Instruments

Related Instruments

A separate instrument, the paixiao (simplified Chinese: 排箫; traditional Chinese: 排簫; pinyin: páixiāo) is a panpipe which was used in ancient China and which, although it remains unusual, has recently had something of a come-back.

The Japanese shakuhachi and hocchiku, and the Korean tungso and danso (also spelled tanso), are descended from earlier forms of the Chinese xiao.

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