title: Tuhu
text: The tuhu (土胡, pinyin: tǔhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments.  It is used primarily by non-Han ethnic groups of southern China, particularly the 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 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
  Tuhu page (Chinese)
  
  Bowed instruments
  Chinese musical instruments
  Drumhead lutes
  Huqin family instruments