What musical instrument is used to play Yi dance music?

Dance of Yi Nationality is a pipa solo composed by pipa player Qin Liu and composer Wang Huiran in 1960. The music is based on the "Hai Cai Qiang" and "Cigarette Box Dance" of the Yi people in Yunnan. With beautiful lyrical melody and rough and powerful rhythm, the music vividly depicts the charming night scenes of Yi villages and the joyful scenes of young men and women dancing enthusiastically.

This song is full of national characteristics and has a strong flavor of the times. It is deeply loved by many musicians and has been adapted into guzheng, sanxian, dulcimer, Ruan solo and orchestra.

Yin Biao, a young guitarist, adapted it into a guitar solo and participated in the China International Guitar Art Festival held in Zhuhai on 1987, which was highly praised at home and abroad and became a famous guitar song with great influence in the guitar field.

Pan Miaoxing, a famous guzheng player and a national first-class performer, adapted the Yi dance music from the pipa of the same name, which has had a wide influence in the guzheng field since its birth in the 1970s. It has a beautiful melody and a rough and powerful rhythm. The Yi village has beautiful scenery and a brother and sister dance heartily.