The birthplace of cucurbit silk is raised in Mengyang, with bamboo buildings and tree shadows whirling. The Dai people living here, whether it is a wedding ceremony, the completion of a new house, or a festive festival or a show, the beautiful and beautiful melody of Hulusi adds a lively atmosphere and renders the taste of a happy life.
For thousands of years, especially in the places where the Dai people live together, in the process of people's pursuit of a happy life, the Dai people on the Mengyang River have used their hard work and wisdom to create a representative wind instrument with unique national characteristics. That is the cucurbit flute with the reputation of 'Oriental saxophone', which gave birth to the unique and charming ethnic folk music of the Dai family.
There are two main types of bamboo used for cucurbit silk, one is the most common local purple bamboo, which is black in appearance; the other is Jingzhu, which is yellow in appearance. Due to the wide range of uses of bamboo and the severe deforestation, the number of bamboos has dropped sharply year by year, and bamboo that can be used to make high-end musical instruments is even rarer. Sometimes, in order to obtain the first-class bamboo materials, Mr. Zhuo would not hesitate to travel far and wide, or even go abroad.
The reed is the soul of the cucurbit silk, which directly affects the tone of the cucurbit silk. Therefore, the tone adjustment of the reed is particularly important. A professional producer must not only have a solid foundation in production, but also have a certain level of performance and a certain understanding of folk music, so as to debug the most ideal state.
A cucurbit silk embodies the hard work and wisdom of many people. From planting to storage, processing, assembly, debugging, to stage performance, every link is a careful interpretation of the sound of nature.
With the hard work of generations of artists, along with achievements, harvests and joys, the spring of cucurbit silk art has been watered. Today, cucurbit silk has become the most shining business card of Lianghe, and Lianghe is also the well-deserved hometown of cucurbit silk in China!