Plucked, like the Chinese zither ... Its name points to its foreign origins; it translates as "two-stringed barbarian instrument" - er means two and hu means barbarians.

It also has a long history in Chinese musical instruments – so much so that the Mandarin term sizhu, which translates as “silk and bamboo”, refers to string and wind musical instruments.

When it comes to Wuxi-made musical instruments, the erhu (two-stringed fiddle) is the most widely recognized. Arriving at the Wuxi New District Railway Station provides easy access to Meicun ...

delicate melodies that use four scales and are primarily performed on five traditional Chinese instruments: pie (wood clapper), gibei (four-stringed lute), samhen (three-stringed lute), xiao (vertical ...