The subreddits for discussing music of the sinophere are all dead so I don't have many places to ask this question. The music in question is from a Taiwanese artist. Can anyone help me identify the following instruments:

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gjX9jzOhfg

i. What instrument is that flute-like from 0:00 to 0:10?

ii. What instrument is used for rhythm from 0:10 to 0:30 and basically the rest of the song? It's a very airy and atmospheric sound.

iii. What is the stringed instrument being plucked in the background from 0:13 onward? The timbre sounds a lore more metallic than that of the Guzheng.

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaDKS0FE2RE

i. That stringed instrument that I previously mentioned is heavily used in the first 5 seconds here. ii. What is that instrument from 0:12 0:21?

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-IiUc5tz4M

i. Is anyone able to identify all the instruments in the first 40 seconds of this song? I think I hear the very same instrument that I previously mentioned.

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