Ox King Festival, a common day of Tujia and Miao ethnic minorities, normally takes place on April 8 and occasionally on April 18 under the lunar calendar.
The famous term 'sizhu', literally translated as 'silk and bamboo', refers to the ancient string instruments with silk strings, including theerhu,pipa, and yangqin, and wind instruments made of bamboo, including thedizi(bamboo flute) and the sheng.
The Ba people, an ethnic group living in eastern Sichuan and western Hubei provinces in ancient China, were well known for their boldness and gallantry.
The famous term 'sizhu', literally translates to 'silk and bamboo' and refers to the ancient use of stringed instruments with silk strings, including theerhu,pipa, and yangqin, and wind instruments made of bamboo, including thedizi(bamboo flute) and the sheng.
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