In the villages inhabited by ethnic minorities in various parts of Guizhou, they are known as the "Hometown of Lusheng" and "Hometown of Song and Dance".

When playing the reed, the pipe is placed vertically, the lower part of the bucket is held with both hands, the thumb, index finger and middle finger press the sound holes of the pipe on the left and right respectively. , the forms are lively and diverse.

The significant difference between the reed and the gourd is: the sound hole at the upper end of the reed tube is covered with a slightly larger bamboo tube, bamboo shoot shell, copper tube or a small horn folded into a triangle with bamboo strips, which can play a good sound resonance. It can expand the volume, the sound is loud, the timbre is beautiful and rich and changeable. The sheng pipe passes through the sheng bucket, and a section is exposed under the sheng bucket. The whole set of Miao six-pipe reeds has five sizes from the double bass to the highest pitch. The sound columns are arranged in a pentatonic scale. Each specification is pronounced as an octave.

Due to the different popular regions and ethnic branches, there are many types of reeds in the folk: six-pipe six-tone, six-pipe seven-tone (sixth pipe with two reeds), eight-pipe eight-tone, six-pipe five-tone (one pipe without reeds) , six-tube four-tone (two tubes without reed), four-tube three-tone (one tube without reed) and four-tube two-tone (two tubes without reed) and so on. Among them, the six-pipe and six-sound reed sounds are listed as: a, c1, d1, e1, g1, a1; g, a, c1, d1, e1, g1; d1, e1, g1, a1, c1, d2. The eight-pipe and eight-tone reed sounds are listed as: g, a, c1, d1, e1, g1, a1, c2; a, c1, d1, e1, g1, a1, c2, d2. The six-pipe and seven-tone reed sounds are listed as: a, c1, d1, e1, g1, a1, b1; g, a, c1, d1, e1, g1, a1. The reeds of each type and each sound column have three specifications: high, medium and low, and their pitches are on three octaves respectively. The reed playing technique is the same as that of the sheng. It is mostly played with a single spit method. It often uses a combination of abdominal vibration and mouth shape changes to play gas tremolo. It can play a pure fourth, pure fifth, major second, and pure octave. Can play three or four chords, only C, F, G and other tunes can be played. Can be used for solo, duet, ensemble or accompaniment, the soloist often dances while playing, lively and lively.

In a word, the Miao reeds differ in size, tone, volume and mode due to different popular regions. The reeds in Huangping, Danzhai and Rongjiang in southeastern Guizhou are loud and rough; in Bijie and Shuicheng in western Guizhou, they are soft and lyrical; The reeds in southern Guizhou are vigorous and vigorous.

The Miao Lusheng Band is a folk amateur music organization. Each team is composed of five or six reeds, which are divided into high, medium and low sound areas. There are not only bass reeds with a height of more than 30 feet, but also high-pitched reeds with a height of more than 3 feet. The sound of the ensemble is majestic, rough and majestic.