What is the name of a pigeon that can make a melodious sound:

The pigeon whistle is a kind of whistle mounted on the tail of a pigeon, which can make a sound when it flies, and has a history of thousands of years.

That's the "symphony" in the air, the sound of peace, Wu Haiquan, the inheritor of Beijing's pigeon whistle-making technology, said, comparing the sound to that of pigeons, and his greatest joy is to let pigeons fly around a few times with the whistles he makes.

"The pigeons fly with the wind and against the wind, swooping and falling, and the whistles accompany the pigeons' flights, cooperating with each other to create a moving sound."

Wu Haiquan said people bring whistles for pigeons are concerned about dubbing, both the bass part (gourd-type whistles), the alto part (tube-type whistles), and the treble part (star-row-type whistles). "A pigeon whistle player is more like a conductor, allowing the flock to perform a moving musical sound."

It is understood that pigeon whistles, also known as pigeon bells, are a kind of whistle mounted on the tail of pigeons that can make a ringing sound when the pigeons fly. Beijing pigeon whistle has a long history, the old Beijing whistle maker masters have to be engraved on the pigeon whistle seal, like writing calligraphy seal. During the Qing Dynasty, the "Old Four Families" of pigeon whistles were Hui, Yong, Xing and Ming, and during the Republic of China, the "Little Four Families" of pigeon whistles were Yong, Xiang, Wen and Hong. Wu Haiquan studied under Zhang Baotong, the inheritor of the "Wen" character.

The main materials for making pigeon whistles are bamboo, reeds, gourds, scoops, etc., with lacquer on them, and the air is blown in to make the sound strong, weak, big, small, high, low, huge, and fine by blowing in the air, and the mouth of the whistle is wide and narrow and the size of its volume is big and narrow. Take "Sanlian'er" as an example.

Three reeds glued together and become, on the whistle, sound sharp and brittle, its scale "1" "3" "5", the sound is not correct, loud and clear for the inferior. In Wu Haiquan's opinion to make pigeon whistles, not only need to have a musical foundation, but also need to have art skills. "Pigeon whistles are not only folkloric objects, but also works of arts and crafts."

Born in Beijing, Wu Haiquan has loved the sound of pigeon whistles since he was in middle school and began to try to make his own whistles.

Wu Haiquan was introduced to Zhang Baotong, the second-generation heir to Beijing's Pigeon Whistle Text Door, and systematically learned the art of pigeon whistle making, "from making pigeon whistles loud to figuring out the inner doorways, focusing on the tone and pitch of the whistle, and getting better and better at making them. The more you make it, the better it gets."

After his retirement, Wu Haiquan put more energy into raising pigeons and pigeon whistle making skills. "Making a handful of whistles, sitting in front of the table for a whole day, time passes slowly in my hands."

Wu Haiquan introduced Tao Zuowen, founder of the Beijing Pigeon Whistle Text Door, whose specialty is the whole bamboo gourd "cupping the moon," hollowing out the gourd and making the whistle only 1 millimeter thick. This whistle on the craft requirements are very high, a pair of whistles to be completed in a month's time, others are difficult to imitate. Master Zhang Baotong's masterpiece is "side pup two tube", that is, in the two tube on the side of the two small whistles, big whistles and small whistles with each other, the sound is crisp and pleasant.

"The biggest innovation I have made is to apply the fire-painted gourd technique to the pigeon whistles, which makes them more beautiful in appearance and more valuable for art appreciation and collection. My disciple, Fu Lei, applied the raw lacquer to the pigeon whistles to increase the classical beauty of the whistles."