The matouqin is a common musical instrument of the Mongolian people. It is a stringed instrument with a horse head carved on the head. The body is trapezoidal and the length is about one meter.

There is a legend about the origin of the matouqin. According to legend, a herdsman missed the deceased young horse so much, so he made the leg bone of the young horse into the column of the qin, the head into the cylinder of the qin, and the tail into the strings of the qin. Then carve the wood into the shape of a young horse's head and fix it on the handle, which is the origin of the original model of the matouqin.

The Mongolians are traditional nomads distributed in East Asia. They mainly rely on herding for a living. The vast prairie and nomadic lifestyle have also formed the Mongolian people's forthright and straightforward character. A small tribe composed of two clans, Qiyan and Qiyan, only two men and two women remained due to the war. They fled to the Erguna River Basin in Hulunbuir to settle and multiply, and the tribe gradually prospered.

The Mongolian people have used Matouqin to play many famous pieces. "I Want to Get Drunk on the Grassland", "Swan Geese", "The Sky" and so on are the pieces that the people of the grassland often play. From the names of the pieces, it can be seen that the Matouqin plays They are all broad and vast repertoires, which also reflects the forthright character of the Mongolian people from the side. Among them, horses are an indispensable animal in the life of the Mongolian people. The herdsmen have integrated these life elements into the creation of the matouqin. It also reflects the Mongolian people's love for grassland life.