Lali 拉篥 of the Yao people from Liuzhou, southern China

A brief video in which a performer demonstrates a lali (拉篥), a traditional reed instrument of the Yao ethnic group (瑶族) of southern China. The performer is Liang Zhirong (梁治荣), the director of the Da Longtan Traditional Musical Instrument Hall (大龙潭民族乐器馆), who has been studying the inheritance and innovation of traditional musical instruments for many years. He modified the traditional lali, which has just four finger holes, into a 9-hole instrument, and, adding a fat gourd at the bottom of the instrument for increased resonance, the sound quality is more round and thick. Later in the video Liang plays a 2-stringed fiddle called niutuiqin (牛腿琴). Probably filmed at the Da Longtan Traditional Musical Instrument Hall (which opened in 2017), Longtan Park (龙潭公园), Liuzhou (柳州市), north-central Guangxi, southern China, c. March 29, 2017. As of 2010, the Yao ethnic group made up 1.91% of the population of Liuzhou. 这个长得像葫芦丝一样的乐器，就是瑶族独有的吹管乐器——“拉篥”。 “篥”（音：lì）是古代一种用竹子做成的吹奏乐器。在很久很久以前，瑶族祖先就发现，竹子除生产之外，还有一种神奇的用途。砍下一段，掏空竹节，挖几个洞，就能吹出不同的声响，加上葫芦状的共鸣室，它的声音就更加洪亮。通过一代又一代乐师的改良，吹管乐器——“拉篥”就成了瑶族同胞祭祀、庆典中大家载歌载舞不可或缺的伴奏乐器。 大龙潭民族乐器馆馆长梁治荣，一直潜心研究民族乐器的传承和创新，他把传统的四孔“拉篥”，改制成了九孔，加上饱满的葫芦，使它的音质更加圆润、厚重。 More information: http://www.lzgd.com.cn/news/inliuzhou_view.ashx?id=40666