Suona, a very expressive reed instrument with a conical metal bell, is very popular in China's vast countryside in funeral, wedding, and other celebrative occasions. Meanwhile, it is also an indispensable part of a number of local operas in Hebei, Shandong, Liaoning, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Guangdong provinces.

Suona, with a strong rustic and grass-roots flavor nowadays, was also an imported instrument as early as in the Jin dynasty (265-420). As a result of its high-pitched timbre, Suona is good at depicting the joyous, noisy, and magnificent scene.