Hulusheng is a single-reed gas-sounding instrument of Yi, Lahu, Wa, Lisu, Hani, Li, Naxi, Nu, Pumi, Miao and other ethnic groups.
The structure of the gourd sheng is roughly the same as that of the sheng, consisting of a sheng bucket and a sheng tube. It is named after the Shengdou is made of empty gourd. The belly of the small gourd is used as a funnel, and its slender handle is connected to a thin bamboo tube as a mouthpiece. The funnel is mostly made of Phoenix-tailed bamboo or yellow withered bamboo in subtropical areas with an altitude of 1,000 meters, ranging from five to eight tubes. The ring column is inserted into the gourd bucket, the bottom of the tube is slightly exposed, and it is fixed with wax.
Each pipe has a circular sound hole near the gourd, and a rectangular bamboo reed or a copper reed is carved out of the bamboo pipe inserted into the gourd. Permeate the hole at the bottom. Hulusheng is divided into three types: high-pitched, alto-bass, and low-pitched, and the forms are similar in different places. The height is 40 cm to 90 cm. Although there are three types, the pitches are not an octave apart, and the various calabashes are not played in ensemble.