For an ocarina, the performer's mouth covers the air hole directly and you blow air into it directly, very straight forward (literally!). For the Xun, the performer has to blow air into the air hole at a very specific angle in order to give that full, warm timber it is supposed to produce.
For flute players it should be easier to grasp the technique as the angle is similar to that of the angle that you guys do with the flute; as for non-flute players, the easiest way to explain the angle which you blow air over the Xun would be the angle you blow air over a bottle to make the warm humming sound.
The way I figure out the angle is open up the entire Xun, and tilt the Xun at different angle while blowing air into it, when it creates a full, round sound, that means I've got the angle right.
From various videos I found online, they all mention one very important thing, relax your body while playing the Xun, no tension in the shoulder, back, or neck; and don't press the Xun towards your lower lips.
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