夜箫是苗族未婚小伙子夜间串寨游方找姑娘对歌所必备的民间乐器。在金平县铜厂、营盘、老勐、勐拉乡一带的苗族村寨,素有“夜箫之乡”的说法。成年男子当中,几乎人人都会造箫,人人都会吹箫;成年女子当中,几乎人人都听得懂箫歌。夜箫一般用苦竹做成,制作方法简单:截一根竹管,钻上四个眼孔,又在竹箫的上端划破约9厘米长的皮,在划了皮的下方打一个长方形的眼孔,装上一片薄薄的竹簧即成。夜箫虽然只有四个音节,但它通过两个人一起伴奏,并且是在夜深人静时吹奏,其声悠悠,娓娓动听。不懂苗语的人,听了苗族夜箫以后,也会思绪万千。苗族口唱的歌词,一般是五言,七言较少,而夜箫歌词的句式则不同,可长可短,视情感的变化而定。一般而言,抒情味浓的夜箫歌词,往往七言多于五言句。夜间游方的苗族小伙子,每到一个村寨,都要先吹箫向姑娘家的父母、兄弟及嫂子们问安。其歌词的大意是:瘦猪吃的是生莱,穷哥到处去游方。今夜游方远处来,来到你们的 Night flute Miao is an unmarried young man during the night string Walled Tour girl to find the necessary folk music instruments. In Jinping Copper Works, Yingpan, Laomeng, Mengla Township area along the Miao village, known as “Nightxiao town ” argument. Among the grown men, almost everybody will make a flute and everybody will play the flute. Among the adult women, almost everyone understands the flute song. Night flute generally made of bitter bamboo, production methods are simple: cut a bamboo tube, drill four holes, and in the top of the bamboo flute cut about 9 cm long skin, draw a rectangular below the bottom of the skin Eye, loaded with a thin bamboo spring Serve. Although there are only four sibilants, Night Pupil accompanies with two people and plays in the dead of night. Miao people do not understand, after listening to the Miao night flute, but also my thoughts. Miao mouth singing lyrics, usually five words, seven words less, while the song of the lymphatic lyrics are different, can be long or short, depending on the emotional changes may be. In general, lyrical lyrical lyricist lyrics, often more than five words in five sentences. Night Miao young tourists, each to a village, have to blow the flute to the girl’s parents, brothers and sister-in-law ask. The lyrics of the effect is: lean pigs eat Health Lai, poor brother everywhere to travel side. Tonight, the tourist came far, come to you