The konghou is an ancient
Chinese harp. It went extinct sometime in the
Ming Dynasty, but was revived in the 20th century.The main feature that distinguishes the modern konghou from the Western concert harp is that its strings are folded over to make two rows, which enables players to use advanced techniques such as vibrato and bending tones. The modern instrument does not resemble the ancient one.The instrument was adopted in ancient times in Korea, where it was called gonghu (hangul: 공후; hanja: ), but it is no longer used there. There were three subtypes according to shape:Sogonghu (hangul: 소공후; hanja: ; literally "small harp")
photoSugonghu (hangul: 수공후; hanja: ; literally "vertical harp")
photoWagonghu (hangul: 와공후; hanja: ; literally "lying down harp")
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