Hui Mouth Harp

Ningxia
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Ningxia Hui musical instruments have formed performance skills, production techniques and the art of playing and singing. Hui musical instrument "Bashi" (experts) can use cross-tremolo fingers to play high-pitched wah-woo to produce brilliance that other instruments cannot achieve. Hui musical instruments made by Hui artists look like cow heads and lambs. They like to be inlaid with ethnic art patterns and lines, and engraved with Arabic calligraphy, etc., with distinct Hui cultural characteristics. Because of their beautiful timbre, easy to play and easy to carry, they have been passed down from generation to generation among the Hui people in Ningxia. When they were most popular, some Hui villages, whether young girls or white-haired old people, had a small mouth string in their hands, and Hui girls and young people were good at playing 0 and wah-woo. There is a Hui proverb "Wah-woo singing, crops grow, 0 blowing, cattle and sheep grow strong." It is a portrayal of Hui customs. At present, Hui women wearing veils and playing mouth strings have been recognized as the image ambassadors of the Ningxia Hui people. In recent decades, due to the influence of factors such as changes in people's lifestyles, the soil for the survival of Ningxia Hui instrumental music is rapidly disappearing, and the inheritance of instrumental music has encountered a crisis. The older generation of artists have changed their professions, and many young people no longer know what "mouth string", "0", and "wawu" are. In order to effectively protect the folk instrumental music of the Ningxia Hui people, it is necessary to establish a protection mechanism and system, strengthen publicity, and strive for the care of the whole society. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)

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