在葫芦科植物中,还很少有哪一种果实像葫芦那样用途广泛。嫩葫芦适做蔬菜,成熟的葫芦,外层木质化,可以做各种感器、渡河工具、澡盆和工艺品。由于它有良好的共鸣效果,也是制做各种乐器的好材料。用葫芦制做乐器,在我国已经有三千多年的历史。在古籍《周礼·春官》中就提到,音乐大师、弹奏歌曲,“皆播之以八音”。八音就是“金、石、土、革、丝、木、匏、竹”,其中的匏,就是我们通常说的葫芦。据对乐器历史研究考证,现在使用的笙和竿,都源出于匏。直到现在,在我国少数民族居住的地区,仍能见到用匏制做的葫芦笙和葫芦丝(图4)。我国还有一种乐器,叫做埙, In Cucurbitaceae, there are very few fruits that are as versatile as hyacinths. Suitable for green gourd vegetables, mature gourd, the outer layer of wood, you can do a variety of sensors, cross the river tools, bath and handicrafts. Because of its good resonance effect, it is also a good material for making various musical instruments. Making gourd musical instruments, in our country has more than three thousand years of history. In the ancient book “Zhou Li Chun Guan” mentioned, the music master, playing songs, “all broadcast in the octave.” Eight tone is “gold, stone, soil, leather, silk, wood, bamboo, bamboo,” one of which, is what we usually say gourd. According to research on the history of musical instruments, Sheng and pole are now used, are derived from 匏. Until now, gourd Sheng and Hulusi still can be seen in the areas inhabited by ethnic minorities in our country (Figure 4). There is another kind of musical instrument in our country, called 埙,