sentences:  The Chinese too had a long cylindrical metal trumpet known as "haotong" (or, in Japanese, "dokaku"), which may have been related to the foregoing instruments.In place of a bell, the "haotong" had a long, broad cylinder made of wood, iron or brass, into which the rest of the instrument could be telescoped when not in use; the "haotong" was played with the bell end resting on the ground.The ordinary Chinese trumpet was the "laba" ("rappa" in Japanese).