国乐——中国民族器乐的总称。古人把音乐分为两个部分。声音者为音,器乐者为乐,统称音乐。所谓器乐,也就是用乐器演奏的音乐。大概是因为中国人用中国的乐器演奏中国的音乐,所以称为国乐。不过目前在中国内地,我们的习惯称之为民乐。而在香港地区称为中乐,新加坡、日本和世界其他 National Music - The General Name of Chinese National Instrumental Music. The ancients divided the music into two parts. Voice for the sound, instrumental music for the music, collectively referred to as music. The so-called instrumental music, that is, playing music instruments. Probably because Chinese people use Chinese instruments to play Chinese music, they are called national music. However, at present in mainland China, our custom is called folk music. In Hong Kong, it is called Chinese music, Singapore, Japan and the rest of the world