Suona is a foreign musical instrument. According to textual research, it was brought to China by Qiuci State (now Hash area in Xinjiang) in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, and it was first played as a court instrumental music. In the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang was used as military music in the army, and then it was gradually introduced to the people. In the 1940s, Xunyi people also dismissed suona artists as Qiuci. Xunyi has a long history, and the Western Zhou Dynasty was established. Xunyi suona has a long history, which is said to have a history of more than 500 years. This has been handed down from generation to generation. At that time, there was no music score, no words, just word of mouth. In 1980s, the county cultural center excavated, sorted out, recorded and preserved more than 100 suona tracks and qupai, with a word count of more than 100, and printed them into a book.

According to its geographical and natural environment, Xunyi Suona has formed three systems: Zhou School, Lu School and Beiyuan School. * * * Qian Qian, a suona artist, is absolutely. The suona of the Central Plains Zhou School is euphemistic and lively, with free and easy passion, a blend of rigidity and softness, and a sense of rhythm; The Lu faction has a huge team and is famous for its eloquence. Its playing style is rough and bold, strong and powerful, showing the momentum of galloping horses; Up to now, the northern school suona, represented by the old artists of Wanzhongyuan, is rich and round, plump and gorgeous, slender and long, and full of charm.

Xunyi suona is a kind of folk music that amuses itself. Its main function is to play weddings, funerals, birthdays, children's full moons, housewarming and so on. It can be said that it is also a suona in joy and a suona in sadness! Life is also suona, and death is also suona! It is the best carrier for ordinary people to express their feelings in the life and life of the lower class. Xunyi suona is the soul of the yellow land, suona is a condensation of life perception and a passionate expression of fresh life's love for nature.

Although Xunyi suona has a direct connection with people's lives, it was regarded as the lowest occupation in the feudal old society. There is a bad custom that you can't marry an ordinary family and die in your ancestral grave. The establishment of New China has greatly improved the discrimination against suona artists. Especially in the 30 years of reform and opening-up, the artists who learn suona are no longer Zhou and Lu, but people from a wider cultural background have mastered this traditional folk instrumental music closely related to the lives of the general public. It is rooted in the people, and the sound of Shaanxi has shocked the whole country. As early as 1957, Che Zhou, a suona artist, won the first prize in the 2nd National Folk Music Competition in Shaanxi Province. From 65438 to 0990, Wan Zhongyuan artists performed on the same stage with Japanese and Indian Chiba Art Troupe in Xianyang. With the development of Xunyi economy in recent years, people's demand for cultural life is getting higher and higher. At the same time, with the attention of the county government and the organization and guidance of cultural workers, Xunyi Suona has undertaken many large-scale cultural activities. In August, 19 1, 100 suona people attended the opening ceremony of the 9th National Games in Shaanxi Province and the Spring Festival Evening of Shaanxi TV Station, 1993. 1994 was invited to Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province to participate in the International Happy Festival and the performance of Zhongshan Ten Thousand People Charity Bank. 1997 was invited to perform at Taihu Art Festival in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. In 2000, he participated in China and Xi's "Millennium China Century Tour" activities. 200 1 Participate in China, Xi and Hongkong Arts Festival. In 2003, she participated in the 53rd Miss World Finals in Xi 'an. In 2005, he participated in more than 30 national, provincial and municipal large-scale performances such as Xianyang Art Exhibition and the opening ceremony of cross-strait seminars, all of which were successful and highly praised by domestic and foreign audiences and national leader Xu Jialu. Therefore, Xunyi County was named "the hometown of suona" by the Provincial Department of Culture.