In addition to its high artistic aesthetic value, cucurbit silk has other special artistic functions.

The health function of self-cultivation and self-cultivation, calming the mind. The old Dai people in Lianghe Mengyang said: "When you are tired, want to get angry and feel upset, you can take out the cucurbit silk and play a piece of cucurbit silk, which can be eliminated in the music of the cucurbit silk. When you are praised by people, you will feel good. Looking at the shy expression of the daughter-in-law, recalling the love when she was young, there will be no troubles." Mr. Liu Jie, former secretary of the Party Committee of the Kunming Cultural Center and a retired cadre of the former director of the Cultural Center, introduced to us his experience of learning cucurbits. "Since I learned cucurbit flute, the old problems of 'blowing' have been cured for several years. The easy problems such as heart palpitations, irritability, insomnia, and emotional agitation are all gone now." When playing the cucurbit flute, the joyful movement of the fingers, the use of breath and the beautiful music are just in line with the "Emperor's Internal Classic" recorded in the "Emperor's Nei Jing" recorded in "calm and emptiness, constant temperament, inner spirit, no peace in illness". road. Playing cucurbit silk is a combination of essence, qi and spirit, which meets the requirements of Chinese medicine that "qi nourishes blood, blood generates essence". It can be seen that the playing of cucurbit flute and its beautiful timbre can adjust emotions, eliminate fatigue, eliminate sorrow and depression, and make the body and mind feel happy and relaxed. It can indeed achieve the effect of self-cultivation and calmness.

Aesthetic education function. The culture and art of cucurbit flute can be subtle, entertaining, educating people's thoughts and sentiments, and inspiring people to love the motherland and hometown. Learning cucurbit flute can improve a person's temperament and enhance people's emotional communication. In the collective learning process, it can enhance teamwork, solidarity, and enhance the collective sense of honor. At the same time, in the process of learning, a sense of competition and expression will be formed, and some lazy and self-enclosed bad habits will be corrected invisibly. By appreciating or learning to play the cucurbit flute, people also learn and inherit the cultural connotation of this ancient culture and art. When listening to Youyou's "Deep in the Bamboo Forest", people can feel the gentle and affectionate national character of the Dai people. When listening to "Mengyang Riverside" and "Under the Golden Autumn Moon" composed and performed by Dequan, as well as "Xingji Bantao" passed down by Liang He from generation to generation, people's hearts will rise up with a sense of pride in "loving the motherland and hometown" and sense of responsibility.