page_title: Lingnan culture
section_title: Musical instruments
hierarchical_section_title: Lingnan culture / Performing arts / Guangdong music / Musical instruments
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of gaohu. 中文: 高胡
context_page_description: Lingnan culture, or Cantonese culture, refers to the regional Chinese culture of the region of Lingnan: twin provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi, the names of which mean "eastern expanse" and "western expanse" respectively.
  Strictly speaking, the term "Lingnan culture" has two definitions:
  In a purely geographical sense, the term includes not only Cantonese culture but also the cultures of the Hakkas, Teochews, Taishanese, Hainanese and non-Chinese groups such as the Zhuangs, Tanka or She within the Lingnan region.
  More typically, is only used in referring to Cantonese culture, the historically dominant culturo-linguistic force in Guangdong and Guangxi.
  With the migration of the Cantonese people to nearby Hong Kong and Macau, as well as in many overseas communities, Lingnan/Cantonese culture has become an influential cultural force in the international community, and forms the basis of the cultures of Hong Kong and Macau.
context_section_description: The set of musical instruments used in Cantonese opera styles and music has much overlapping with those used by other Han Chinese groups. There are, however, instruments distinctly Cantonese, with the gaohu (gou wu) being the most representative. Aside from this, qinqin (cheon kum) and erxian (yi yun) are other musical instruments associated with Cantonese music.
caption: The Gou Wu is a Cantonese musical instrument, and commonly used in Cantonese opera and music.
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