When playing, sit in a sitting position, place the qin barrel on the left leg (or sandwich it between the two legs), hold the qin in the left hand to press the strings, and hold the ponytail bow in the right hand to play between the two strings.

Yehu is tuned according to the relationship of fifths, usually g, d1, c1, g1 or a, e1, range g-g2, there are two octaves. The timbre is soft, rich and full of local color. It is a folk stringed instrument that Li people love. During festivals and festive gatherings, they should pull up Yehu to accompany other musical instruments or to accompany singing and dancing.

Yehu is also used in traditional folk music such as Cantonese music, Chaozhou gongs and drums, Fuzhou Chating Shifan music, Fujian opera, Minnan Shiyin, Fujian Longyan Jingban music, Yongding, Shanghang and other places, etc. It is also used in Guangdong. Chaozhou opera, Chaozhou Xianshi and other operas and folk art accompaniment.