A Study On The Evolution Of Ancient Chinese Pipa Art And Its Cultural Connotation

Pipa, is the treasure of Chinese national music, is a typical representative of Chinese national Musical Instruments have a musical instrument. In its two thousand years of development, pipa, with its rich music expressive force in China occupies an important place in the national music.Pipa is absorbed the advantages of the han nationality region plucked instruments, and combines the characteristics of western ethnic minority QuXiang pipa. Therefore, this instrument has experienced thousands of years of evolution in the shape, the evolving with the shape, the playing technique, held posture has been in constant development and perfection. Based on shape evolution process as the main theme of the pipa, lute shape can be divided into circular soundbox long handle design classes and pear-shaped instrument body two broad categories, based on the related historical documents, the western regions in xinjiang and dambulla cave temple murals of dunhuang mogao grottoes and the central plains han areas pipa the analysis of the cultural relics, shape the evolution of the pipa, lute shape evolution of thousands of years of history.Experienced thousands of years gradually stabilized. Its playing posture from horizontal to vertical, and helped enrich the playing technique, the pipa’s right-hand man skills today has more than 50 varieties. In the late qing dynasty, pipa playing style and formed a different genre, these different genres of once again to promote the development of the pipa playing skill, making the pipa playing skills gradually obvious. At this point, the pipa art can dance music in the majestic, also can calm exquisite article. Pipa rich expressiveness makes pipa art unique charm on the stage of the instrument.Since the pipa produces the pipa has experienced thousands of years of history. It has the shadow of foreign Musical Instruments, and has the characteristics of the han nationality in the central plains instrument, both by the literati, and in the civil widely circulated. The fit characteristics in accordance with the Chinese culture and the beauty of its two thousand years of development history makes pipa this instrument with cultural connotations.