Ni Wawu [Ningxia Shizuishan Specialty]

What is mud? Authentic Ningxia Shizuishan specialty: Mud Wawu

Content summary:Do you want to know what mud Wawu is? This article is a detailed introduction to the local specialty of Shizuishan, Ningxia - Niwowu. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information about Niwowu. The full text takes about 3 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Niwowu and the product characteristics of Niwowu? How did the history of Ni Wawu come about? Wait

Basic Introduction to Ni Wawu

Ni Wawu is a Hui ethnic musical instrument that sings along the edges. Also known as mud blowing, blowing, mud xiao, mud doll, aozi, mud ox xun, and ox horn xiao. Popular in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, especially in the Xihai Gu area. Ni Wa Wu evolved from a homemade musical instrument and is named after the sound it produces, which sounds like "wu wu wa"

What are the product features of Niwawu

The whole body is made of yellow clay, and its shape, size, number and position of sound holes are different. The larger ones are similar to goose eggs, while the smaller ones are like walnuts. The appearance styles include oval, date shaped, fish shaped, peach shaped, doll head shaped, cow head shaped, cow horn shaped, butterfly shaped, and flat square shaped, and there are countless others. Generally, a blowing hole is opened in the middle of the upper end, and several sound holes are opened in the front and back. Like walnut shaped mud, there is a sound hole in the front; Oval mud wow, with five sound holes (front four and back one); Fish shaped mud has five holes in front, while cow shaped mud has a wide top and a pointed bottom. The blowing hole is located in the middle of the upper part, and the sound holes are mostly four holes (three in front and one behind) or six holes (four in front and two behind). Bull horn shaped mud with a whoosh sound hole, often with three holes (two in front and one behind) or six holes (five in front and one behind). Butterfly shaped mud with a whoosh sound hole, often with four holes (front three and back one). There is also a type of mud made of leather or cotton paper, with a flat square shape and mostly three sound holes. Although the shape and sound holes of Niwa Wu are different, they all have small holes on both sides or at the bottom, tied with different colored silk spikes or colored beads as decoration

How did the history of Ni Wawu come about