Plucked, like the Chinese zither, or bowed, like the erhu, stringed instruments have been played for hundreds of years in China Reading Time: 3 minutes Why you can trust SCMP ...

Compared to the guqin, the erhu is a rather new addition to the family of Chinese instruments. Its ancestor, the xiqin , was introduced to China during the Tang dynasty (618 AD-907 AD).

Dubbed the "Chinese violin," erhu is a two-string bowed musical instrument. It is the most popular instrument in China's traditional bowed string instruments known as huqin.Given its beautiful, ...

Erhu has widely been called "Chinese violin" because its tone similar to a Western violin. While the four-string violin is played horizontally, the two-string erhu is played vertically.

Wang Xiao stages a concert at the China Conservatory of Music on July 4. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Wang Xiao, a ...

Mr Zhu is a top Erhu musician in China. Zhu was born in 1956 and start his erhu learning at the age of 7. Mr Zhu, who is also the Chairman of the Musicians' Association of Jiangsu Province and is ...

Often known by Westerners as the Chinese violin, the instrument, which is believed to have originated during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), is deeply rooted in Xinwu district of Wuxi.

Qin Qian has played the erhu, a two-stringed Chinese violin, for 52 years. Every week, she teaches seniors at Jin Se Nian Hua Adult Day Care Center in Chinatown how to play the instrument.

Shanghai-born composer Gang Situ has reason to pop a champagne cork: He is premiering three pieces for stringed instruments at concerts tonight and tomorrow at the Yerba Buena Center. "I love the ...

"Her erhu narrates universal tales, with its two strings painting scenes beyond words," a UN-based journalist said after experiencing a concert by Chinese erhu virtuoso Ma Xiaohui. Recently, Ma, a ...

Made up of traditional Chinese instruments like the erhu, the pipa, the gaohu, and many others, along with Western cellos and double basses, the ensemble and Bell’s violin reach an uncommon synthesis, ...