Abstract
There are many kinds of national musical instruments in China, which can be divided into wind, string, plucked string percussion according to different performance methods. Each type of musical instruments has different timbres due to different sounding materials and the high and low frequencies produced while playing melodic units. In the current occasions of folk activities, the use of various musical instruments presents a uniqueness in distribution of occasions. This topic will focus on the discussion of the characteristics of the timbre of the main musical instrument in folk Daoist ceremonies and the issue of the timbre of the instrument, aiming to answer ‘What kind of functionnality does the timbre of the instrument has in Daoist rituals?’ and ‘Why does they have these functionalities?’ and other questions.
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