Hainan Eight Music is the folk music of the Han nationality in Hainan Province. It is the main local instrumental music and is named after the eight major types of musical instruments used for performance. Hainan's commonly known eight music includes both musical instruments, music, and bands. Hainan's eight music is rich in music and is divided into four categories according to custom: big blowing and beating, gong and drum clear sound, clear sound, and opera drum. Currently, there are more than 500 pieces of music inherited from history. It has the legacy of ancient music of the Han nationality since the Han and Tang Dynasties and has a high value for music research. It is rooted in the masses and has a strong local flavor. It is a form of folk culture and entertainment of the Han nationality that the masses love to hear and see, and it is an indispensable spiritual food for farmers. Hainan's "eight sounds" originated from Chaozhou music and have their own characteristics. The eight main types of musical instruments used are: strings (erhu, yehu), piano (yueqin, yangqin, sanxian), flute (suona), tube (long and short throat tube), flute (horizontal flute, straight flute, dongxiao), gong, drum, cymbals, etc. Most of the musical instruments come from the Han folk, created by folk artists, and have a strong Hainan characteristic, such as rosewood for suona, coconut shells for yehu, bamboo tubes for spring seals, tuning strings, flutes, throat tubes, and wooden sub-drums and bangbans. According to historical records, Hainan's "eight sounds" can be traced back to the past. It and Chaozhou music both originated from Fujian, and also have roots in Jiangxi, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. Hainan's "eight sounds" originated in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and spread throughout Southeast Asia with overseas Chinese. In the Ming Dynasty, a musician named Wang Haoran, who was familiar with the "eight sounds" and was famous in the capital, was born in Qiongshan County, Hainan (now Haikou City). After the "eight sounds" were introduced to Hainan, they were improved by artists of all generations and had their local characteristics: in many occasions, they were often accompanied by "cup and plate dance". The utensils for this dance are small plates (dishes), spoons, and small wine cups. The dancers are girls or girls. The dancers hold the cups and plates between their left and right fingers and gently hit them with their dance steps. The sound is crisp, the rhythm is brisk, and the dance steps are light. The Eight-tone Band usually performs at wedding banquets and public holidays, and never at "white weddings (i.e. funerals)". On the one hand, the main tune of the Eight-tone Band is relatively festive and not suitable for such occasions. On the other hand, if they perform at white weddings, it will be seen as unlucky by others, and people will rarely invite them to festive occasions in the future. According to a current customary rule, the Eight-tone Band earns about 1,000 yuan for attending a wedding ceremony, and each member of the team is allocated tens to 100 yuan. In the busiest season, the Eight-tone Band can perform more than 10 shows a month. As an ancient Han folk music, the ancient Eight-tone Band uses gongche notation, which looks like a heavenly book to outsiders. The elderly in the village cannot convert it into modern five-line notation or simplified notation. Most of the scores are handed down from ancestors, and each musician's scores are scattered and unsystematic. Young people also learn a sentence here and a song there, which is fragmentary and scattered. The history of Bayin is even older than that of Qiong Opera. From ancient times to the present, it has always been played by men. With the development of the industry, women can gradually sing along with Qiong Opera in Bayin bands. Bayin has a wide range of themes and rich content, reflecting the leisurely life and rich inner world of Hainanese people. In the history of the development of Bayin, it is a mirror of Hainan history along with Hainan folk songs and local dramas. In order to comprehensively rescue and protect Bayin, the Meilan District Culture and Sports Bureau has begun to collect the remaining ancient musical instruments, preserve the production process of traditional musical instruments through video recording, include gongche notation, and invite specialized music experts to convert it into the well-known five-line notation. The Meilan District Culture and Sports Bureau has also included the holding of Bayin training courses on the agenda. Through government organization and the promotion of Lingshan Town Cultural Station, it strives to hold long-term training courses to cultivate batches of Bayin performance talents. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)