Playing musical instruments are Chinese national musical instruments, mainly referring to Huqin musical instruments, including Erhu, Jinghu, Banhu, Gaohu, Zhonghu, Gehu, Matouqin, etc. It has a soft tone and is good at playing singing melodies. It uses a variety of bowing, fingering and other techniques to create a variety of musical images, with rich and delicate expressiveness.

Although the history of playing musical instruments is shorter than that of other ethnic groups, it is deeply loved by people of all ethnic groups in the country due to its beautiful pronunciation, rich expressive power, and high performance skills and technical level.

Erhu, also known as Huqin or Nanhu, is developed from the Huqin. As early as the Tang Dynasty, its predecessor used bamboo as a bow, and it was called Jiqin. The Song Dynasty's "Book of Music" is called Xiqin, and there is a record that "Xiqin is the foundation of Hu music".

Matouqin is a Mongolian stringed musical instrument. The rod of Matouqin is made of hardwood. There is a horse's head carved on the top of the rod, so it is called Matouqin. The sound box of the matouqin is made of pine wood, in trapezoid shape, covered with horse skin on both sides, painted with beautiful patterns on the horse skin, and has two strings.

Banhu was produced on the basis of Huqin along with the emergence of the local opera Bangziqiang. Its name comes from the fact that the barrel is made of thin wooden boards. Also known as Bang Hu, Qin Hu, Hu Hu, Hu Hu, Daxian and Scoop.