CHINA-HEBEI-OCARINA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT-CRAFTSMAN (CN)
(230221) -- XINGTAI, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hou Yimin plays the ocarina through livestreaming in Xingtai, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 20, 2023. Ocarina is a small sized, flute-like musical instrument, which has gained popularity around the world in recent years.
Hou Yimin, a craftsman from Xingtai, Hebei Province, has been working on the research and production of wooden ocarinas since 2003.
So far, Hou has made about 5,000 wooden ocarinas of over a hundred different types, selling to many countries including the United States, Japan, and South Korea.
Some of his ocarinas are of the same size as a football, and some are only measured as a fingernail. They can also be divided into 12-sound hole, 6-sound hole, 3-pipe and 4-pipe ocarinas, all with soft and beautiful sound. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
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- ILEA001242385
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- 2023/2/21 00:00:00
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