HANAPEPE — Hanapepe Public Library announced in celebration of Chinese New Year, which falls on Feb. 10, the Hawai‘i State Public Library System will present an Erhu talk and recital by Dr. Sun Hui on ...

Eric Lee blends fresh elements into erhu. Provided to China Daily Stereotypically the erhu, a traditional two-stringed bowed Chinese instrument, is known for its plaintive melodies. For Hong Kong's ...

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 ...

"I hope to organize my concert in the near future, so I can help more people learn about Chinese folk music." Zheng Xiaohui, a postgraduate student in Milan, Italy, shared that wish during an ...

What do you do with a hyperactive 7-year-old boy? Signing him up for lessons on an ancient Chinese musical instrument probably isn't the first thing to come to mind. Benjamin Lee, 16, of Byron, will ...

Even for an experienced and veteran actor like Wang Yuqing, his new drama series posed quite a few difficulties. For one, it wasn't easy for the four main leads to match their comedic timing, the ...

First-year ethnomusicology student Zoe Shay explains her love of the Chinese bowed instrument, the erhu, and how it has helped her understand the “universal language” of music.

Inside a small workshop packed with cupboards and a carpenter’s bench, 76-year-old Tong Man-hak carefully measures pieces of wood and places them precisely before using an electric saw to cut them.

The erhu, a traditional Chinese musical instrument that is sometimes known by Westerners as the Chinese fiddle, is an integral part of life in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province. Strolling through the city, ...

A 70-year-old man has played the erhu to his paralysed wife every day for the last 25 years. Huang Suo plays the two-stringed instrument, which is also known as the Chinese violin, to Gao Aixia to ...

Here’s an utterly virtuosic version of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, on an instrument you’ve almost certainly never heard play it. The Erhu, sometimes known as the Chinese violin, only ...

Dressed stylishly, with a light touch of make-up, Ma Xianghua, 25, presents a pleasing picture of youthful vitality. It is hard to relate such a sprightly and fashionable young woman with the erhu, a ...