Where did the huckleberries come from? What are the qualities of Hulusi?

Hulusi has a long history, its origins can be traced back to the pre-Qin era, it is from the evolution of the gourd sheng transformed into. In the structure still maintains the remains of ancient musical instruments, the number of pipes is the same as the three-pipe pipe, the two sub-pipes do not open the sound hole and the ancient piper is exactly the same, and issued a sustained five-degree intervals, and the ancient pipe "and the sound of the masses," but also a perfect resemblance. However, its main pipe has been opened with 7 tone holes, which is very similar to the later generations of xiao flute, and shows its leap in history. After the founding of New China, Chinese folk musicians reformed the gourd xiao. 1958, the Yunnan Provincial Song and Dance Troupe was the first to expand its range to 14 tones. In recent years, some literary groups in Beijing have made two new gourd xiao. The six-barrel gourd xiao can be played in monotone, diatonic, single melody plus sustained tone and two harmonic melodies plus sustained tone. Both maintain the original instrument's unique tone and style, but also increase the volume, expand the range, rich sound color and expressive power. In the garden of Chinese national musical instruments, it has become a remarkable oddball. in early 1980, the Central National Orchestra visited Japan and played for the Japanese people with this new gourd piper, which was welcomed and praised. The Dai folk legend: a long time ago, a flash flood, a Dai family small Bu冒抱起一个大葫芦，闯过惊浪骇浪，救出自己的心上人，他忠贞不渝的爱情感动了佛祖，佛祖给葫芦装上了管子，小布冒吹出了美妙的乐声，顿时风平浪静，鲜花盛开，孔雀开屏，祝愿这对情侣祥祥幸福。 From then on, the hulusi has been passed down from generation to generation in the Dai family. Dai people are multi-talented, able to sing and dance, in the festival, whether in the river dragon boat or in the riverside put Gao Sheng, or in the square to catch the swing, or in the bamboo building to drink and sing, can be heard in a moving song. Zanha (folk singers) sing ancient legends and beautiful myths, the suffering of the old society and the happiness of the new society to the accompaniment of hulusi. The gourd xiao is often used to play folk tunes such as mountain songs, and is best suited for playing melodic and smooth music or dance music, with more long tones in the tunes, rich chorus, soft and harmonious music, and better able to express the player's thoughts and feelings. Gourd xiao in the Dai, Achang and other ethnic people in the most popular, is the entertainment to help the musical instruments, each village has a lot of production xiao of skilled craftsmen. Young men and women to express their feelings or people walking on the road and in the field labor, but also often blow the gourd xiao, adding a lot of joy to people's lives.