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Ma Touqin is a traditional musical instrument unique to Mongolians.

Among many musical instruments, Ma Touqin is most admired by Mongols. Ma Touqin is a unique traditional musical instrument of Mongolians, with a very unique style. The traditional Ma Touqin is about four feet long, with wooden poles, carved horseheads at the top and shovel-shaped leather drums at the bottom. Tie two strings with ponytails, and then make bowstrings with ponytails, which can produce melodious and deep tones when playing. Ma Touqin's performance is different from other stringed instruments. Its bowstring is not caught in the middle of the string, but bounces off the string.

Four-Hu performance by Mongolian artists

Mongolian Hu Si is one of the most musical instruments with Mongolian characteristics, which can be divided into three categories: tenor Hu Si, tenor Hu Si and bass Hu Si. The high-pitched Hu Si is bright and crisp, which is mostly used for solo, ensemble and ensemble. Hu Si, with a rich and mellow tone, is good at playing lyric music, mainly accompanied by Uliger and Haolaibao, the folk rap art of Horqin. They play a very important role in the cultural life of Mongolian people. Mongolian Hu Si's representative works include Hurry, Bayin and Ethel.

(Above is Hu Sixiao), Maud Jorge Lema, twisted vines and lotus flower (above is Hu Sixiao). Mongolian Hu Si has rich cultural accumulation, rich expressive force, self-contained skills and melodious and simple melody. It is an excellent music creation of Mongolian people engaged in semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral production mode, and has high academic research value in Mongolian history, culturology, folklore and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.

After the Yuan Dynasty, Hu Si's art was widely spread, once popular in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and North China, which had a far-reaching impact on Han folk rap. Tongliao, located in the hinterland of Horqin grassland, is the most prosperous art area in Hu Si.