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CHIJ\TESE l\:IUSIC. 83 It is a reddish-yellow cone of baked clay or porcelain, ornamented with designs of dragons, clouds, etc., and pierced with six holes : one at the apex to blow through, three in front, and two behind. When played, it is held firmly with both hands. According to a native description, it emits the following sounds :- ' ~ ~ ~ ' , , I -L 1i li _t R /) and at the Confucian ceremonies the two hsuan, placed one on the west and the othe1· on the east side of the hall, play the same music as the hsiao flute. But as it is almost impossible to procure a specimen of this instrument, we have to rely on Chinese accounts of it. 11