Matouqin is a stringed musical instrument of the Mongolian ethnic minority in China.

Matouqin is composed of resonance box, headstock, piano rod, peg, bridge, strings and bow. It is made of hard and miscellaneous wood such as colored wood, elm, rosewood, mahogany or mulberry. There are through holes in the center of the upper and lower frame plates for the piano rods, and sound holes are opened on the left and right side plates respectively. The two sides of the back are covered with horseskin, cowhide or sheepskin, and the leather surface is decorated with painted ethnic patterns. There are also front skins and thin wooden boards on the back. The headstock and stem are mostly made of a single piece of colored wood, rosewood, mahogany or pine. The head is in the shape of a square column, the top is bent forward, and it is shaped like a finely carved horse head. There are both horse heads of galloping horses and horse heads that are immediately horse head. of. The chord groove is opened at the back, and there are many groove covers, and two chord shafts (one on the left and one on the left) are placed horizontally on both sides. The peg, also known as the handle, is made of boxwood or piano rod wood. The shaft is a cone, and the shaft is conical, octagonal, melon-shaped or flat ear-shaped. The surface of the conical shaft is engraved with straight petals. , easy to twist, and some shaft tops are spherical. The piano bar is a semicircular cylindrical body, the front is flat and the back is round, the front is a fingerboard, the upper end is provided with a mountain mouth, and the lower end is installed in the through holes of the upper and lower frame plates of the piano box. Leather central wooden bridge bridge. Zhang two ponytail strings, the two strings are composed of 40 (inner strings) and 60 (outer strings) long ponytails respectively, both ends are tied with filament strings, the upper end is wrapped around the peg, and the lower end is tied to the tail post at the bottom of the piano superior. The bow is made of rattan or wood, and the ends are tied with horsetails as bow hairs.