扬琴在明末清初由波斯传入中国,经过四百多年的发展与完善,已经完全融入中国民族音乐体系。20世纪50年代以前,中国一直使用的是形制简单的传统扬琴。直到中华人民共和国成立后,中国扬琴艺术进入了飞速发展的阶段,在这短短的几十年间,中国研制出了许多的扬琴新品种,这些新型扬琴就其音位排列和转调方式而言,主要可分为两大类型,即“变音扬琴”和“平均律扬琴”。变音扬琴又称 The dulcimer was introduced into China from Persia in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty. After more than 400 years of development and improvement, the dulcimer has been completely integrated into the Chinese national music system. Before the 1950s, China had been using a traditional simple form of dulcimer. Until the founding of People’s Republic of China, China’s art of dulcimer has entered a stage of rapid development. During these short decades, China has developed many new varieties of dulcimer. These new types of dulcimer, Can be divided into two main types, namely “change sound dulcimer ” and “average law dulcimer ”. Variable sound dulcimer also known as