Liu Shirui tunes an erhu fiddle at his workshop in Jining, Shandong Province, on Dec. 4, 2016. [Photo by Wang Qisheng/China.com.cn] Liu Shirui runs a small instrument shop in a quiet lane in Jining, ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Mr. Xiao Baiyong, a famous erhu fiddle performing master, watched Shen Yun Performing Arts International Company’s show on April 19. Mr. Xiao, a Class I Actor of China who is also ...

Performing recently in a Shanghai park, a musician gingerly glides his bow across the strings of his erhu before tightening them to bring the instrument back into tune. Soon he is immersed in the ...

Photo taken on May 13, 2019 shows the bow and the strings of an Erhu in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province. Erhu, sometimes known as the Chinese violin or Chinese two-stringed fiddle, is a ...

The two-stringed erhu is an ancient upright fiddle that voices traditional Chinese sounds with rich emotions beyond time and space. Meicun village in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, known as "China's erhu ...

The modern erhu developed from a musical instrument called xiqin, which was played by many ethnic minorities during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). During the Song Dynasty (960-1279), musicians began to ...

The first time when I heard the [Fritz] Kreisler 'Liebesleid,' I just [felt], 'Wow, that song is just right for the erhu.' The sadness, the sensitivity, the warmth, the romance: It fits my instrument.

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 ...

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Erhu performer Zhang Zhijun (C) poses for a group photo with his students in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, May 13, 2019. Erhu, sometimes known as the Chinese violin or Chinese ...