Folk music content creator Chu Qi Gui Zi from north China's Tianjin Municipality has fused the sanxian, a three-stringed traditional Chinese lute, with modern music, garnering millions of likes. She learned to play the sanxian at the age of 13 and is currently the inheritor of a large sanxian performance technique – an intangible cultural heritage project of Tianjin's Hedong District. #ZStories | CGTN

Plucking at the heartstrings: Stringed instruments have been played in China for more than a thousand years and are, in fact, a national intangible cultural heritage. Check out this rare performance in Shandong, east China | Xinhua Culture&Travel

The morin khuur, also known as the horse-head fiddle, takes its name from the carved horse head atop its neck. A traditional stringed instrument of the Mongolian ethnic group, its sound imitates the wind, the hooves and the neighing of a horse. It carries the memory of nomadic people, captured in a sound. This is the story of an instrument and the echo of a culture through time. On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, may the sound of the morin khuur carry you across mountains and plains, stirr

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"Music has become an inseparable part of my life," says Yang Yalin, a high school student and guzheng player – performer of one of China's most ancient stringed instruments. This year, Yang took part in the guzheng competition at the 15th Chinese Golden Bell Award for Music, the highest honor in China's music community. Although she didn't reach the semifinals, the experience became a bright beacon on her musical journey, reminding her of how deeply she loves traditional Chinese music. [Video co