木鱼,是蒙古、纳西、藏、汉等族木制体鸣乐器,流行于全国各地。木鱼历史久远,很早就随佛教传入我国,一直在寺院中应用,为佛教法器,用于聚集僧众和诵经之中。关于“木鱼”之名,最早见于唐代高僧怀海掸师所撰《救修清规》之中:“木鱼,相传云,鱼昼夜常醒,刻木象形击之,所以警昏情也。”据此,木鱼当为佛门僧侣所创制,有警示僧众昼夜不忘修行之意。木鱼在佛教中常用以伴奏“梵吹”(宗教歌曲),带有浓厚的宗教色 Muyu, Mongolia, Naxi, Tibet, Han and other ethnic groups Tianyin musical instruments, popular in all parts of the country. Muyu has a long history and has been introduced into our country since Buddhism. It has been used in monasteries as a Buddhist instrument to gather monks and chants. As for the name of “wooden fish”, it was first found in the “Rescue Rules” written by the chief engineer Huaihai Shan in the Tang Dynasty: “Muyu, according to legend, the fish often wake up day and night, carved wooden pictographs hit, so police faint too.” According to this, Muyu was created by Buddhist monks, warning the monks to keep practicing their minds day and night. Muyu commonly used in Buddhism to accompany “Brahma” (religious songs), with a strong religious color