The Japanese musicologist Kurosawa Ryuu sent recordings of it to UNESCO in 1952, where it was considered a rare jewel in the music of mankind. When Chinese composer Ma Shui-lung heard it, he jumped up and said: "It's modern music!"
一九五二年日本音樂學者黑澤隆朝把其錄音寄給聯合國文教組織，被視為人類音樂罕有的合音方式；我國作曲家馬水龍聽了之後，更跳起來說：「這是現代音樂！」