| What was the musical instrument at closing ceremonies in Beijing that souded like a violin? ?

What was the musical instrument at closing ceremonies in Beijing that souded like a violin? ?

mitzi m asked:


It was played by women all dressed in yellow. It had strings, but looked oddly like a mini vacuum cleaner?

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4 Responses to “What was the musical instrument at closing ceremonies in Beijing that souded like a violin? ?”

  1. x Katie x on April 8th, 2009 4:21 pm

    I don’t know. I think it’s just an old ancient chinese instrument. Trust the chinese to be weird!

  2. Rachel_S165 on April 8th, 2009 10:30 pm

    I didn’t see the closing ceremonies, but based on your description I’m going to guess that it was probably an “erhu” - a traditional Chinese instrument played with a bow.

  3. Deangelo99 on April 10th, 2009 1:48 am

    I don’t know what they were but those ladies playing them were HOT.

  4. Cherry on April 13th, 2009 2:51 pm

    Its a traditional Chinese musical instrument called Erhu.It is sometimes known in the West as the “Chinese violin” or “Chinese two-string fiddle,” is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles and large orchestras.