Hulusi can be divided into three types: high, medium and low, and the commonly used key is B, C and D. Hulusi originated in lianghe county, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, and is mainly popular in Dehong and Lincang areas where Dai, Achang, Wa, De 'ang and Bulang nationalities live together, with strong local colors.
Chinese name: cucurbit silk
Mbth: Hulusi? ; cucurbit flute
Alias: Dao Lang Huluxiao (Dai language)
Origin: Pre-Qin era
Hulusi is one of the unique musical instruments of Yunnan ethnic minorities. Mainly spread in the Dai nationality area in the west of Yunnan Province, but also popular in Bulang, De 'ang and other ethnic minorities.
Dai people are versatile and can sing and dance well. During the festival, whether you row a dragon boat in the river, put "Goldman Sachs" on the river, "run wild" in the square, or drink and feast in the bamboo building, you can hear touching music.
Hulusi is deeply loved by music lovers and Chinese and foreign tourists for its unique and beautiful timbre, simple and elegant appearance, simple and easy to learn, and small and portable.
Traditional cucurbit silk belongs to reed instruments. Its structure consists of a gourd and two (or three) bamboo tubes. The upper end of the gourd is a mouthpiece, and the three bamboo tubes connected with the gourd at the lower end are sound tubes. Among them, a thick and long bamboo tube in the middle is the main sound tube, and there are six sound holes (sound holes) in front of the main sound tube, a sound hole at the upper end of the back is the seventh sound hole, and a overtone hole (sound hole) at the lower end.
The auxiliary main sound tube has no sound hole, so one end of the auxiliary sound tube with reed is inserted into the left or right side of the gourd main sound tube. When playing cucurbit flute, if the soft plug at the bottom of the consonant tube is removed, the consonant with reed will be emitted together with the tonic, but the consonant can only emit one sound. At present, the commonly used cucurbit filaments are C, F, D, B, A, F, G, E and E.