Have farmers won the national patent award for musical instruments made of iron pots?

In Duozhuang Town, Mengyin County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, Liu, a 69-year-old farmer, made musical instruments from waste materials and obtained a national patent. More than ten kinds of "musical instruments" have been independently developed, among which the stringed instrument shaped like cello made of large iron basin has also won the national patent invention award.

Liu is now a member of Duozhuang Dream Art Troupe. The other four members of this team, Wang Xianyong, Wang Xianshun, Wang Xianju and Zhang Yugui, are also out-and-out farmers. Their average age is 67. Because they love art, they usually meet to play and sing together after busy farming.

Liu told reporters that he used to make erhu and learn from Banhu. Occasionally, his wife bought a big basin and accidentally dropped it when she was preparing to wash clothes. The big basin rang. When he heard the sound, he made a musical instrument out of this big basin.

Liu's musical instrument is made of bamboo tube, large iron pot, motorcycle horn, stainless steel soup pot and some waste wood.

It's amazing!