Its material and structure

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It is a wind instrument that is very popular among the Qiang and Tibetan people. Whether it is in the spare time, happy harvest, or during the festivals, it is a musical instrument that people cannot do without.

Its material and structure

Its body is made of bamboo, and it is made of two bamboo tubes with the same length, thickness, hole spacing and sound sequence tied side by side. It is mostly made of oil bamboo that grows on the local high mountains. This kind of bamboo has long bamboo joints and thin bamboo tubes.

The tube body has no joints, the two ends are transparent, the tube length is 17 cm to 19 cm, and the inner diameter of the upper end is about 1.5 cm. The reed pipe is made of thin bamboo tube, 5 cm long and about 1.5 cm in outer diameter. There is a bamboo joint at the upper end, and the lower mouth is connected with the tube body. Reed, tongue facing up, reed length 4 cm. There are sound-pressing holes on the front of the tube body. In the past, there were five holes in each tube, but now there are six holes, and the hole spacing is equal. Trim the two pipes into a square tube shape or flatten the adjacent parts of the two pipes, and finally tie them firmly with thin wires at the first, middle and tail of the pipe body.

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Involving musical instruments

Qiqi (pinyin: qí lì), also known as Shibuli, Bang, Lu Zha, Xiaolie, is a single-reed gas-sounding instrument of the Qiang and Tibetan peoples. Popular in Sichuan Province, Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Maowen Qiang Autonomous County, Heishui, Li County, Wenchuan and other places.

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