“玉鼓”考识

Examining the Knowledge of“Jade Drum”

"鼓"为中国最原始乐器,也是先民最早用于祭祀神灵的礼乐重器。古籍所载的"玉磬",应为"玉罄"即"玉缶鼓"。后代史书将"罄"误为"磬",又将"鼓"列为"革部",致使"玉鼓"失传。远古遗址大量出土的"圆腔柱体玉器"正是"玉鼓",今人不识而误称其为"玉琮"。

"Drum" is the most primitive musical instruments in China, It is also the valuable objects that our ancestors used to worship the gods. Contained in Ancient literary, jade stone musical instrument actually means the oval object with hollow inside. It is jade drums. The history book later had mistaken the oval object with hollow inside as the "chime"or the stone musical instrument and categorized the "drum" to the Ge index, resulting in the loss of"Jade drum". A large number of unearthed round cavity cylinder jade from the ancient ruins are referred to as "jade cong "due to the misunderstanding of the jade drum by modern people today.