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Category: 中国乐器知识/ Knowledgebase of Chinese Musical InstrumentsThe <span style="font-size: medium;">xiao ( <span style="color: #FF9900;">箫 </span>)</span> is a Chinese <span style="color: #FF0000;">vertical end-blown flute</span>. It is generally made of dark brown bamboo (called "purple bamboo" in Chinese). It is also sometimes (particularly in Taiwan) called dòngxiāo (simplified Chinese: 洞箫), dòng meaning "hole." An ancient name for the xiāo is shùdí (竖笛, lit. "vertical bamboo flute") but the name xiāo in ancient times also included the side-blown bamboo flute, dizi.<br /><br />The xiāo is a very ancient Chinese instrument usually thought to have developed from a simple end-blown flute used by the Qiang people of Southwest China. The modern six-hole form of the instrument goes back to the Ming Dynasty.<img src='http://www.imagehostingforall.com/images/mary/topga.png' class='left' border='0' alt='' onload="JavaScript:if(this.width>300) this.width=300" /><br />