A kind of wind instrument, Dizi was long assumed to be brought into Changan (now know as Xi' an) in China. But unearth relics have shown that instruments of the Dizi type were popular in China long before the Han Dynasty.

Regardless of its shape and size, Dizi can be made of bamboo, wood, plastic and stone. It has one blowing hole ( known as "Chu Kong"), one membrane-hole ( known as "Muo Kong" ), and six fingers hole. With the florishing of theatrical music through the Ming and Qing dynasties, Dizi has become and important accompanying instrument in many operatic genres and developed into two types of instrument, the Qudi and the Bangdi.

The Dizi is a well-know instrument by the citizens in China. It has been around China for thousands of years. Not only is Dizi capable of doing solo performances, the unique way of performing it and the design of the instrument which made it light to carry around, gain popularity to the performers and audiences.

Since the end of the Tang dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the bamboo flute became a music accompaniment for the Chinese opera. However , it lacked aggressiveness and its individuality is diminished in terms of displaying its unique music and techniques.

It was only after the revolution that Dizi began to develop within a short span of 17 years, China’s music professor created nearly 200 pieces of Dizi music scores. Every district in China begins to appear hundreds and thousands of Dizi players. Some of the outstanding players went overseas to performed received good compliments from the audiences. That was when the music of Dizi attained a higher level of accomplishment.