Bugan (Jiuping)

Audio recordings: Andrew Hsiu. (2017). Bugan (Jiuping) numerals. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1123431

Papers: Hsiu, Andrew. 2016. A preliminary reconstruction of Proto-Pakanic.

Recorded on May 4, 2015.

The only Bugan man who can still make mouth organs is Wang Chaoliang 王朝亮 (age: ~60). He lives in Jiuping village, Zhuanjiao Township, Guangnan County, Yunnan, China. He can make 8 different types of mouth organs (different lengths and keys), which are priced from 3,000 – 8,000 CNY. Bugan mouth organ videos are available on my YouTube channel.

I had also previously visited him in August 2012.