It is the signature clay instrument of modern Chinese orchestras. Modern examples have multiple finger holes. The earliest surviving sample, found at an archaeological site in Zhejiang province ...

The instrument had five or seven holes, the latter producing all the tones and half-tones on the Chinese pentatonic scale. The instrument was subsequently introduced to the imperial court ...

Today, ones made from bamboo are widely used in Chinese music ... four additional vent holes at the bottom that are not used, and sometimes musicians will adorn their instruments by tying tassels ...