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 ground, and the right hand holds a small bamboo stick to strike the bamboo skin strings.