Yu (percussion instrument)
- Yu (percussion instrument)
The "yu" ( _zh. ; pinyin: yǔ) was a wooden percussion instrument carved in the shape of a tiger with a serrated back comprising 27 "teeth," used since ancient times in China for Confucian court ritual music. It was played by striking its head three times with a bamboo whisk made from approximately 15 stalks of bamboo, and then scraping it across the serrated back once to mark the end of a piece of music.
The "yu" is mentioned, along with another percussion instrument called "zhu" (), in pre-Qin Dynasty annals, and appears in the "Classic of History". [http://www.chinamedley.com/langyuan/yu/]
The "yu" was adopted by the Korean court in ancient times, where it was known as "eo" (hangul: ; hanja: ), and is still used in Confucian ritual music.
External links
* [http://www.chinamedley.com/langyuan/yu/ "Yu" page]
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