Stringed Musical Instrument Item Number: 2668/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cantonese opera instrument. Two-stringed instrument (banhu) or bamboo fiddle (zhutiqin), with a bow attached. There are two gourd-like tuning pegs at one end, and two strings stretched over the wooden neck, attached to a bamboo soundbox. The bow is strung with black hair.
History Of Use
In Cantonese opera, melodic instruments include the erxian (two-stringed fiddle), and the hudieqin or yangqin (butterfly zither) serve as the lead instruments. Other melodic instruments include the zhutiqin (bamboo fiddle), yueqin (moon lute), yehu (coconut lute), or sanxian (three-stringed lute) and wind instruments, such as the dizi (transverse flute) and xiao (end-blown flute). They are played together to accompany the singing onstage.
Narrative
The neck of the banhu is called (qin gan); the round soundbox is called (qin tong). The tuning pegs are called (qin zhou). There are 2 strings--the outer and inner string. The outer string is called (wai xian) and the inner string is (nei xian).
Item History
What
- Name
- Stringed Musical Instrument
- Identification Number
- 2668/1
- Type of Item
- musical instrument
- Material
- bamboo grass, wood, horse hair and fibre
- Overall
- height 16.0 cm, width 12.0 cm, depth 78.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- China
When
- Ownership Date
- before April 19, 2006
- Acquisition Date
- on April 19, 2006
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 84
- Accession Number
- 2668/0001