The Yi Sanhu is a unique bowed and stringed instrument of the Yi people, and it is the main instrument of the folk music and dance "Axi Jumping to the Moon". On the night of the traditional torch festival of the Yi nationality on the 24th day of the sixth lunar month, young men and women from Axi and Sani gather at the edge of the pine forest or on the courtyard dam.  When pl...

The Yi Sanhu is a unique bowed and stringed instrument of the Yi people, and it is the main instrument of the folk music and dance "Axi Jumping to the Moon". It is popular in Yunnan Lunan, Guishan, Maitreya, Huxi and Yiliang inhabited areas of Yi people and Sani people. The Yi Sanhu is a stringed instrument derived from the Xiqin type. Since the early Qing Dynasty, with the fur...