Is dulcimer a plucked instrument or a percussion instrument

Dulcimer is a stringed instrument and a plucked instrument, but it is not a percussion instrument. Dulcimer, also known as dulcimer, plucked stringed instrument, brass instrument, fan instrument, bat instrument and butterfly instrument, is a common stringed percussion instrument in China. It belongs to the same family as the piano, and its timbre has distinct characteristics. It has a loud voice, combining rigidity with softness, and when it is played slowly, its timbre is like a tinkling mountain spring. It consists of many wooden strips and boards, with sound beams on both sides and rollers and screws for tuning. When playing, the harp and bamboo pole hit the strings elastically to make them vibrate, and the air in the panel and the resonance box vibrates through the conduction of the piano code, and the sound resonates from the sound box. Therefore, from the pronunciation principle, dulcimer is closer to plucked instruments.