Erhu began in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than a thousand years. It originated from a minority ethnic group in ancient northern my country, which was called "Xiqin" at that time. In the Song Dynasty, Huqin was named "Ji Qin".
Erhu (Pinyin: Erhu) is a traditional Chinese stringed instrument. Erhu, the two-stringed huqin, also known as "Nanhu" and "Omzi", is one of the main bowed string instruments (stringed instruments) in the Chinese national musical instrument family.
The famous Erhu songs include "Two Springs Reflect the Moon", "Good Night", "Listening to the Pines", "Horse Racing", etc.
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The development history of Erhu
In the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, with the development of opera and folk art, folk musical instruments followed the development of "goulan" and "wase". "The rise of music and the development of its own accompaniment instruments. The most important musical instrument is the Mawei Huqin (also known as Erxianqin), which originated from Mongolia and the Western Regions. It was integrated with the Jiqin and Yazheng left over from the previous dynasty to create a novel Huqin. This instrument fully marks the maturity of Chinese bowed string instruments.
Later, due to the needs of local opera singing styles, the huqin gradually differentiated, and the banhu that matched the needs of Qin Opera and Henan Opera, the Jinghu and Beijing Erhu needed by Peking Opera and Han Opera, the Zhuihu that needed by Henan Zhuizi, and the Zhuihu that needed by Guangdong Cantonese Opera. Gao Hu, coconut Hu for Teochew opera, big tube for Hunan flower drums, and Si Hu for Mongolian rap.
There are also cover boards used in Sichuan opera, four-stringed instruments used in Yue opera in Henan, pillow harp used in Putian opera in Fujian, corbel harp used in Dong opera, horse-bone harps used in Zhuang opera, and harp harps used in Jin opera. Bowed string instruments such as two-stringed strings. Therefore, the erhu is actually one of the many bowed string instruments, and it got its name much later than the huqin.
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