Yü

Yü (Chin.: tiger), *scraper of China of considerable antiquity, of carved wood in form of a crouching tiger, with 28 notches along the back. These are scraped with a bamboo stick split halfway down its length to form 12 or more switches. A Confucian ritual instr., it corresponds to the ō of Korea, the gyo of Japan. Ca. 60 cm. (2 ft.) long (142, 170). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Moule, A. C. “A List of the Musical and Other Sound-producing Instruments of the Chinese,” in…