For many Chinese people, the melody of the transversely-played bamboo flute or Dizi in Chinese, calls to mind a picture of a country cowherd riding a bull in the spring breeze.
The suona was first introduced to ancient china from Persia. It is one of the typical Chinese traditional instruments. It is also commonly called laba (meaning horn in Chinese) in China and bayin (meaning eight tunes) in Guangdong province.