This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...

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

Last month, the Sheffield Confucius Institute organised a series of workshops on Chinese language, calligraphy, music, culture, festivals and Tai Chi to celebrate Chinese New Year. Our fourth workshop ...

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Music is universal across all civilisations, both ancient and modern, and stands as one of the great joys of life. Another joy is that many of the oldest songs and instruments can be played hundreds, ...

Players Zhang Geping (L) and Zhao Xiaotong practice playing the pipa at Lanzhou traditional orchestra in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, May 13, 2019. Pipa, a pear-shaped stringed ...

The sound of the traditional Chinese musical instrument erhu is becoming better known globally thanks to the effort of one college student. Chen Yimiao, born in 2004, comes from a Beijing family ...

Plucked, like the Chinese zither, or bowed, like the erhu, stringed instruments have been played for hundreds of years in China This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese ...

An Erhu is pictured in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, May 13, 2019. Erhu, sometimes known as the Chinese violin or Chinese two-stringed fiddle, is a Chinese traditional two-stringed bowed ...