Among Chinese musical instruments, the portamento of the flute can best imitate the soughing of pines. Yet in traditional music there are few pieces which directly take the pine as their main theme. This, says Lin Ku-fang, is because in aural terms, "listening to the pines is something more basic than music."
雖然中國樂器裡，笛子可以吹弄出仿若松濤的滑音，但傳統音樂直接以松為主題的樂曲不多，因為在聽覺上，「聽松有比音樂更本質的東西」，林谷芳以為。