Ancient Chinese Bowed Instrument

Bowed instruments are colleetively called huqin in Chinese.Initially the hugin was the musical instrument used by people in the north. It was during the Northern Song period that it was introduced to the Central Plains. After thousands of years of common creation and development by people of all ethnic groups it has become a national musical instrument with strong Characteristics. 

The huqin mainly uses a bow and strings as the source of sound through friction for vibration.It is a musical instrument by means of resonance and coupling to create vibration and sound. With beautiful sound and rich impressive forces， it is widely used for solos ensembles and accompaniment， Nowadays， common bowed instruments include the erhu gaohu zhonghu jinglu and horse-head  stringed instrument.