古代的“箫”,是一种编管乐器,即排箫。它是由许多参差不齐的竹管直排而成,形状似飞鸟张开的翅膀。据记载,箫有大有小,大的有二十四个管(亦说二十三管),小的有十六个管。由于长短不同,吹起来声音有高有低,“长则浊,短则清”。春秋时代用的就是这种箫。现在竖吹的单管箫,古时叫 Ancient “flute”, is a kind of composing instrument, namely pan flute. It is composed of many jagged bamboo in-line, shaped like a bird’s open wings. According to records, there are twenty-four pipes (also twenty-three pipes) and sixteen pipes (small pipes). Due to the different length, the sound of blowing high and low, “long and turbid, short clear.” Spring and Autumn Period is the use of this flute. Vertical tube blowing now single pipe, called in ancient times