Di mo

Dimo, made from the tissue-thin membrane from the interior of a specific variety of bamboo, are supplied as tubular sleeves.

The Korean transverse bamboo flute called daegeum has a similar buzzing membrane.

The Korean sogeum and junggeum, Vietnamese sáo, and the Thai khlui also once had membranes, but these are not used today.

If Ejiao is not available, a substitute can be improvised by simply crushing garlic into a fine, relatively dry paste, and applying as normal.

Although the purpose of applying di mo is simply to make the dizi operational, the application technique is considered to be an art in itself.