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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang assembles an erhu in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument in China, a

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang grinds a block for erhu making in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrumen

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang checks and adjusts an erhu in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument in

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang checks and adjusts an erhu in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument in

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang inspects an erhu in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument in China, an

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang measures a block for erhu making in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrum

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang plays erhu in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument in China, and its

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang seals an erhu with leather in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument in

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang cuts a block for erhu making in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang grinds a block for erhu making in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrumen

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang picks a block for erhu making in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument

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Inattention Leads To Traffic Accidents In China

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - A BMW SUV is involved in a traffic accident in Yantai, Shandong province, China, June 28, 2023. According to the White Paper on Youth Distraction and Traffic Accidents in China 2018-2020, 74.32% of respondents who have ever had a traffic accident believe that "inattention" is the main cause of the accident, accounting for the highest proportion, followed by "complicated road conditions" accounting for 45.9%, far more than drunk driving, speeding, vehicle accidents and so on.

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Inattention Leads To Traffic Accidents In China

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - A BMW SUV is involved in a traffic accident in Yantai, Shandong province, China, June 28, 2023. According to the White Paper on Youth Distraction and Traffic Accidents in China 2018-2020, 74.32% of respondents who have ever had a traffic accident believe that "inattention" is the main cause of the accident, accounting for the highest proportion, followed by "complicated road conditions" accounting for 45.9%, far more than drunk driving, speeding, vehicle accidents and so on.

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Inattention Leads To Traffic Accidents In China

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - A BMW SUV is involved in a traffic accident in Yantai, Shandong province, China, June 28, 2023. According to the White Paper on Youth Distraction and Traffic Accidents in China 2018-2020, 74.32% of respondents who have ever had a traffic accident believe that "inattention" is the main cause of the accident, accounting for the highest proportion, followed by "complicated road conditions" accounting for 45.9%, far more than drunk driving, speeding, vehicle accidents and so on.

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Inattention Leads To Traffic Accidents In China

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - A BMW SUV is involved in a traffic accident in Yantai, Shandong province, China, June 28, 2023. According to the White Paper on Youth Distraction and Traffic Accidents in China 2018-2020, 74.32% of respondents who have ever had a traffic accident believe that "inattention" is the main cause of the accident, accounting for the highest proportion, followed by "complicated road conditions" accounting for 45.9%, far more than drunk driving, speeding, vehicle accidents and so on.

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Inattention Leads To Traffic Accidents In China

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - A BMW SUV is involved in a traffic accident in Yantai, Shandong province, China, June 28, 2023. According to the White Paper on Youth Distraction and Traffic Accidents in China 2018-2020, 74.32% of respondents who have ever had a traffic accident believe that "inattention" is the main cause of the accident, accounting for the highest proportion, followed by "complicated road conditions" accounting for 45.9%, far more than drunk driving, speeding, vehicle accidents and so on.

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Inattention Leads To Traffic Accidents In China

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - A BMW SUV is involved in a traffic accident in Yantai, Shandong province, China, June 28, 2023. According to the White Paper on Youth Distraction and Traffic Accidents in China 2018-2020, 74.32% of respondents who have ever had a traffic accident believe that "inattention" is the main cause of the accident, accounting for the highest proportion, followed by "complicated road conditions" accounting for 45.9%, far more than drunk driving, speeding, vehicle accidents and so on.

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Inattention Leads To Traffic Accidents In China

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2023 - A BMW SUV is involved in a traffic accident in Yantai, Shandong province, China, June 28, 2023. According to the White Paper on Youth Distraction and Traffic Accidents in China 2018-2020, 74.32% of respondents who have ever had a traffic accident believe that "inattention" is the main cause of the accident, accounting for the highest proportion, followed by "complicated road conditions" accounting for 45.9%, far more than drunk driving, speeding, vehicle accidents and so on.