笙是我国传统的民族管乐器中唯一的能奏和音的乐器。它以簧、管配合振动发音,其簧为自由簧,振动的簧舌可从簧框中自由通过。自由簧用于乐器,笙为最早。笙的起源可远溯到我国奴隶制时代中期,在出土的殷墟甲骨文中有“龢”的记载,“龢”据说是小笙的前身。公元前六世纪的《诗经》中也提到“鼓瑟吹笙,吹笙鼓簧”。在我国的早期历史记载中有两种笙,即笙和竽。其区别在于笙体小而簧少,竽体而簧多;此外,它们的宫音管的位置也不相同。一些历史资料中提到“竽,三十六簧”或“竽、……管三十六簧 Sheng is the only instrument in our traditional ethnic wind instruments that can play harmony. It is a spring, pipe with vibration pronunciation, the spring is a free spring, vibrating tongue freely from the spring box. Free spring for musical instruments, Sheng for the earliest. The origins of Sheng can be traced back to the middle of the era of slavery in our country. There are records of “harmony” in the oracle bone of unearthed Yin Ruins, and “harmony” is said to be the predecessor of Xiao Sheng. The “Book of Songs” in the sixth century BC also referred to “Drums blowing the whistle and blowing the spring drums.” There are two types of Sheng in our early history: Sheng and Shao. The difference lies in the small Sheng and body spring, body and more spring; In addition, their palace sound tube position is not the same. Some historical materials mentioned in “thirty-six spring” or "竽, ... ... tube thirty-six spring