The erhu , also called nanhu (, literally "southern fiddle"), and 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. It is the most popular instrument in the
huqin (胡琴) family of Chinese bowed string instruments, together with the
zhonghu (中胡),
gaohu (),
banhu (板胡),
jinghu (京胡),
sihu (四胡), and numerous others.
See more at Wikipedia.org...