It is not true that China lacks a tradition of sound art. The Chinese culture has the most advanced sound theory and aesthetics of hearing in the world culture. Chinese interest in sound is in the interrelatedness and interaction of sound, music, and tuning with cosmology, astronomy, and medicine.

The ancient Taoist school of Laozi and Zhuangzi’s concept of sound also resonates with the ideas of John Cage and some futurists.

Although sound art is not as well established in China as it is in the West, there are many acoustic inventions and installations from as far back as ancient times. But far back in ancient times, China also had some intriguing acoustic inventions and some works of acoustic devices.

For example, the Echo Wall (built in 1530). The walls are made of ground bricks against the seam, the curvature of the wall is very regular, the wall is extremely smooth and neat, very favorable to the propagation of sound waves. As long as two people stand behind the east and west halls respectively, and stand against the wall, a person against the wall to the north to speak, sound waves will be along the wall in the form of sound waves to the other end of one or two hundred meters, no matter how small the voice, but also can make each other hear clearly, and the sound is long, which is a curiosity. Due to the misunderstanding of the echo formed by the reflection of sound waves, it is commonly known as the “echo wall”.