Umculo waseTshayina inembali ende kunye nesiko. Kuluntu lwakudala lobuhlanga beminyaka engama-4000-5000 eyadlulayo, kwabakho imidaniso yokuqala kunye neengoma. Ukufika kwexesha lokulawulwa kwamakhoboka Yin kunye neZhou dynasties, inkcubeko yomculo sele iphuhlisiwe. Kuluntu olunobuhlanga oludlulileyo ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-2000, umculo uphumelele ukukhula okuqhubekayo.
Kwimbali yaseTshayina bekukho amaxesha aliqela okuchuma kwenkcubeko yomculo. I-Taoxun, (i-terracotta ocarina), impempe yethambo kunye ne-Shiqing (i-chime yamatye) mandulo, i-Bianzhong (iseti yeentsimbi zobhedu) zeXesha leNtwasahlobo kunye neAkwindla kunye nePhondo lamaZwe, iRuanxian (isixhobo somculo). Ubukhosi bukaHan, kunye nezixhobo zomculo eziqhelekileyo namhlanje ezinje ngePipa kunye neGuzheng (izixhobo zomculo ezinomtya) zingqina ukukhula kwayo.
Umculo wesiTshayina yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yenkcubeko yemveli yesizwe samaTshayina, ebonisa umoya, imvakalelo, ukuthanda, amandla, iingcinga kunye nokulandela ilizwe lamaTshayina. Yenziwe ngamacandelo amane: umculo wasenkundleni, umculo wamadoda eeleta, umculo wenkolo kunye nomculo othandwayo. Ngamaxesha exesha langoku, umculo wesintu waseTshayina usasazekile waya eYurophu, eUnited States nase-Australia, ngokuthe ngcembe waba yibhulorho kunye nomgaqo wotshintshiselwano lwenkcubeko phakathi kwe China namazwe angaphandle.