1. A young woman of the Li ethnic group from the island province of Hainan surprised viewers by playing her bamboo flute with her nose.
2. There is no mouth hole corresponding to the one on the dizi, so the ancient instrument could not be played transversely like the bamboo flute.
3. A special instrument used for this type of music is the " sister bamboo flute " made of two bamboo tubes.
4. Chengdu is also noted for the bamboo flute played by the region's ethnic Qiang people.