Sanhu

Not to be confused with Sanhu (三さん湖こ, "The Three Lakes"), an area around the Qarhan Playa in Qinghai.

The sanhu proper (Chinese: 三さん胡えびす; pinyin: sānhú) is a Chinese bowed musical instrument with three strings. It was developed in the 1970s and is essentially a three-stringed version of the two-stringed erhu, with an additional bass string.[1][2]

The Yi people of the Yunnan province of southwest China play a large three-stringed traditional bowed instrument (Yizu sanhu, sanhu of Yi) that is also referred to as the sanhu^photo[3][4], which was developed in early Qing Dynasty from Xiqin.

See also

• Chinese music
• List of Chinese musical instruments
• Huqin

External links

• Dagongmaosanhu page
• Sanhu page
• Article about Yi sanhu

Video

• Sanhu video