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 ...

Well, you are only about a millennium behind the times. But never fear. Opportunities to hear this ancient Chinese two-stringed instrument known for it’s plaintive humanlike tone are on the upswing. A ...

Jiang Jianhua, 63, is a celebrated erhu (a two-stringed bowed instrument) virtuoso, who will be in concert in Beijing on Friday. [Photo provided to China Daily] What do you expect to hear and see when ...