Bamboo pianos are mainly distributed in Mianyang, Wuhan, Yichang in Hubei, Qidong in Hunan, Jieshou, Taihe, Yingshang, Linquan, Fuyang, Bozhou, Guoyang, Lixin, Mengcheng and Shenqiu, Henan in Anhui. Xiangcheng, Zhoukou, Taikang, Dancheng and other places are mostly performed in a sitting position. The left hand holds one end of the bamboo qin or lays it flat on the table and the g...

The shape of the bamboo qin is similar to that of the bamboo tube qin. The body of the piano is made of large dragon bamboo with bamboo knots at both ends. The barrel is 50 cm to 60 cm in length, and the outer diameter is 8 cm to 10 cm. There is a circular sound hole between the two bamboo knots. On both sides of the sound hole, two bamboo strips are cut out as strings. Each bamb...