2. A batch of clay-fired vessels were unearthed in Ecuador in South America, which were made around 2000 BC. Through analysis, it was found that the level of making clay was very high at that time. These utensils proved not to be toys, and some of them can play simple music. After development, in 500-600 BC, Tao Di made by Maya could play a complete scale.
During the Spanish occupation, Tao Di came to Europe from America. 1527, a group of Mexican Aztec artists performed for the court of Charles V with Tao Di with a whistle. The performance was very successful and left a deep impression on everyone present. After they became famous, they often performed all over Europe to let more people know about this instrument.
4. There is a story about the origin of the name Tao Di Tao Di. In the small village of BuDurio in northern Italy, there was a baker named Zhu Zepei who often used his oven to bake low-temperature ceramic toys and some novelty things. Once, he cooked an egg-shaped toy with a whistle like a neck on it, which was named "Tao Di" because it was very similar to the shape of a common gosling in daily life. In Italian dialect, it means "gosling". Tao Di's English name "ocarina" came from this, transliterated as Okali Na Di, which has been used ever since.