在宁夏黄河两岸和南部六盘山区回族村庄的妇女中,长期流传着一种小巧玲珑的原生态乐器——口弦,当地人又称它为“口口”、“口琴子”。在最盛行时,很多地方无论姑娘还是老太太,几乎人手一把。弹奏口弦最热闹的时候,往往是在农闲风和日丽的傍晚。姑娘们最喜欢集中在井台旁、大树下集体演奏,她们时而合弹民谣,时而对奏“斗嘴”。不懂的人看得莫名其妙,而姑娘们却听得哈哈大笑。忽然,一位姑娘满脸娇羞地躲在他人身后,这是因为她被人用口弦语“揭了短”。而老太太 Among the women on the banks of the Yellow River in Ningxia and the Hui villages in the Liupan Mountain in the south, a small and exquisite original musical instrument, the string, has long been circulated. Locals call it “mouth” and “harmonica.” In the most prevalent, many places, whether girls or old lady, almost a manpower. When playing the most popular string mouth, often in the leisurely wind and sunny evening. The girls most like to concentrate on the platform, playing under the trees, they sometimes play ballads, sometimes playing “bickering.” People who do not understand see inexplicable, but the girls actually hear laughed. Suddenly, a girl shyly hide behind others, this is because she was used to speak “short revealed.” And the old lady