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The article Lusheng introduces an ancient musical instrument in Hmong, Lusheng, which also called qeej in Laotian RPA Hmong. The article describes the materials of Lusheng production as a mouth organ as well as its two types (five and six) of pipes with different pitches as a polyphonic instrument. Lusheng is made for varied sizes, ranging from 1 foot to several meters in length.

As a form of traditional and popular culture in Chinese minority, the article introduces several rural regions of China where Lusheng is primarily played, including Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan. While Lusheng is especially representative in the ethnic group Hmong (also called Miao), where it is performed with various musical styles like dance and sing to reflect their culture and customs. The Article also talks about how Lusheng was developed in the late 20th century that applied in composed compositions. Now Lusheng has been played as one solo instrument with instrument orchestra.

In my article, I am going to discuss more aspects of Lusheng with details and illustrated images. I plan to add four sections, which are history and development, construction, Lusheng culture and festivals, and the significance and heritage. In the "history and development" section, my article will discuss the origin of Lusheng and how it developed throughout its history of thousand years in China. The section of "construction" will illustrate the three basic parts of Lusheng (body, reed, resonance tube) and the production process. In the "Lusheng culture and festivals", I will discuss vairous culture and festivals in Hmong involved with Lusheng like Lusheng Festivals, Lusheng dance. In the section of significance and heritage, I plan to discuss the meaingful symbols or values behind Lusheng music, such as the reed pipes signifies death. Also in this section, I will discuss how Lusheng is displayed as a tool of private and public.