Balaman is a double-reed gas-sounding instrument of the Uyghur and Uzbek nationalities. There are different legends about the origin of Balaman. According to Baekli Tuerdi, a famous folk artist and Balaman player in Hotan, his late teacher, Rehemu Metikuwan, told him that in ancient times, a worm bit a hole in a reed, and when the wind blew, Make a nice sound. Later, someone cut...