铜长号

高155厘米

重1155克

铜质

1954年，十四世达赖喇嘛·丹增嘉措到北京出席第一届全国人民代表大会时敬献给中央人民政府的礼品。

铜长号，藏语称“铜钦”，是藏传佛教所特有的铜管乐器之一，主要用于盛大佛教庆典中。其分上、中、下三节，上面两节能放在下面最粗的一节中，可收缩，每节连接处及号身、号口均镶有镀金镂刻花装饰。吹奏时拉长，在固定场合吹奏时放在木座铜架上，仪仗行进或临时场合吹奏时扛在人肩上，后面有一人吹奏。音色低沉而威严。

Copper Buddhist Horns

155 cm long, weighing 1,155 grams

copper

Presented by the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso to the Central People’s Government when he went to attend the 1st NPC in Beijing in 1954.

The Copper Horn, called Tongchin in Tibetan, is a pipe musical instrument normally used in grand Buddhist ceremonies. Each of these two long horns consists three parts: the upper two parts could stay within the lower one which is the thickest of the three. Each joint, the horn body and the horn mouth are decorated with gilded carved patterns. During the performance, its three parts can be fully extended. When playing it at a fixed place, the horn end is placed on a wooden frame. When playing it among an honor guard or at a non-regular occasion, it needs to be carried by one man on the shoulder, while another plays it behind him. Its tone is low and deep and dignified.

编辑短评：还记得电视里的那种前面有几个人扛着，后面有人吹的大长号吗？它可以收缩，收进下端最粗的那一截，也足有3米高。不过从尺寸来看，文中所示是缩小版的长号。