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The '''''tuhu''''' ([[wiktionary:土|土]][[wiktionary:胡|胡]], [[pinyin]]: tǔhú) is a Chinese [[Bow (music)|bowed]] [[string instrument]] in the ''[[huqin]]'' family of instruments.  It is used primarily by non-[[Han Chinese|Han]] ethnic groups of southern China, particularly the [[Zhuang people|Zhuang]], who live in the [[Guangxi]] province and use it in their ''bayin'' (八音, lit. "eight sounds") ensemble.  It is also used in [[Yunnan]], most prominently in Funing County, [[Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture]].

The instrument's sound box is made from a [[Calabash|bottle gourd]], which is covered on the playing end with snake skin.  The instrument has two strings that are tuned to the interval of a fifth.  It is held vertically and produces a lower pitched sound than the ''[[maguhu]]'', another southern Chinese fiddle with which it is sometimes played.

==See also==
* [[Chinese music]]
* [[List of Chinese musical instruments]]
* [[Huqin]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030515122957/http://www.e56.com.cn/minzu/Musical/Musical_Content.asp?Musical_Content_ID=351&Musical_Class_Content_ID=17 Tuhu page] (Chinese)

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[[Category:Bowed instruments]]
[[Category:Chinese musical instruments]]
[[Category:Drumhead lutes]]
[[Category:Huqin family instruments]]


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