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The banhu (板胡, pinyin: bǎnhú) is a Chinese traditional bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. It is used primarily in northern China. Ban means a piece of wood and hu is short for . Like the more familiar and , the banhu has two strings, is held vertically, and the bow hair passes in between the two strings. The banhu differs in construction from the erhu in that its soundbox is generally made from a coconut shell rather than wood, and instead of a snakeskin that is commonly used to cover the faces of huqin instruments, the banhu uses a thin woode… read more
The banhu (板胡, pinyin: bǎnhú) is a Chinese traditional bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. It is used primarily in northern China. Ban means a piece of wood and hu is short for . Like the more familiar and , the banhu has two strings, is held vertically,… read more
The banhu (板胡, pinyin: bǎnhú) is a Chinese traditional bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. It is used primarily in northern China. Ban means a piece of wood and hu is short for . Like the more familiar and , the banhu has two strings, is held vertically, and the bow hair passes in between the two strings. The banhu differs i… read more

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1 Returning Home (Huan Jia) Xue Shouzhong
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3 Watching The Xianxi Show (Kan Xian Xi) Ji Zhe
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4 The Red Army Soldiers Coming Back Yuan Ye
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