The lusheng (simplified Chinese: 芦笙; traditional Chinese: 蘆笙; pinyin: lú shēng, pronounced [lǔʂə́ŋ]; Vietnamese: Khèn Mông; also spelled lu sheng; spelled ghengx in standard Hmong and qeej in Laotian RPA Hmong) is a Hmong musical instrument.

Oct 3, 2013 · HMONG CULTURAL USES OF THE QEEJ INSTRUMENT. The three main cultural uses of the Hmong Qeej instrument are the following: Funeral Ritual; Marriage Ceremony; New Year’s Ceremony; The Qeej plays a much more important role in the Hmong funeral rituals than in Marriage or New Year’s ceremonies. THE INTRINSIC ROLE OF THE QEEJ INSTRUMENT IN …

Cha Tou Xiong, a Hmong elder in Fresno, is such a man — one who is committed to keeping the art of making and playing the qeej (pronounced gheng) alive. The mouth organ called qeej is an emblematic instrument for the Hmong.

Hmong musical instruments includes flutes such as the dra, leaves also called nblaw, two-string vertical fiddle (xim zaus in Hmong), and the qeej or gaeng, a type of mouth organ. The Hmong people trace their origin to the Yellow River region of China around 2700 B.C.

The qeej (reed pipe) is an important cultural symbol that keeps the tradition of the geograpically scattered hmong alive yet today. The qeej is a very unique instrument because every note corresponds to a hmong word.

Jan 8, 2025 · The qeej (pronounced “gheng”) is a woodwind instrument usually made of bamboo, wood, tree bark and alloy reeds. The body has six pipes and isn’t played using western musical notation. Instead, it mimics the Hmong language.

HMONG CULTURAL USES OF THE QEEJ INSTRUMENT. The three main cultural uses of the Hmong Qeej instrument are the following: 1. Funeral Ritual. 2. Marriage Ceremony. 3. New Year's Ceremony. The Qeej plays a much more important role in the Hmong funeral rituals than in Marriage or New Year's ceremonies. THE INTRINSIC ROLE OF THE QEEJ INSTRUMENT IN ...

In Laos Hmong people used Qeej for Hmong funeral, wedding and New Year ceremonies. The qeej is a religion for Hmong culture. The Qeej is made out of 6 bamboo reeds.

The free-reed mouth organ, or qeej, encrypts lengthy sung poems in its seven musical notes, creating a dis-guised language that can only be understood by the dead.

Aug 2, 2016 · But twice a week young Hmong visit Teng to learn the art of the qeej (pronounced “kheng”), a long flute-like instrument played as part of traditional Hmong funerary rites. At 25, he is not much older than his students.