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(240111) -- SHENYANG, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yu Haixu checks the painting on the surface of a violin at his studio in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 9, 2024. Yu Haixu is a luthier working in Yingkou City of northeast China's Liaoning Province. Influenced by his father since childhood, he gradually grew attached to the sophisticated making crafts of the violin family and started working as a luthier after graduation from the university, majoring in the making of violins as well as other bowed instruments like violas and cellos. From raw materials to a fine instrument, each handmade violin, viola or cello needs to go through more than 100 complicated procedures and requires the refined skills and great patience of a luthier. After years of practice, Yu Haixu has long been familiar with these processes. "I hope the making crafts of the violin family can be passed on," said Yu, "I also hope that more people can enjoy playing a handmade one while being warmed and touched by its rich

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-LUTHIER (CN)

(240111) -- SHENYANG, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yu Haixu measures a violin at his studio in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 9, 2024. Yu Haixu is a luthier working in Yingkou City of northeast China's Liaoning Province. Influenced by his father since childhood, he gradually grew attached to the sophisticated making crafts of the violin family and started working as a luthier after graduation from the university, majoring in the making of violins as well as other bowed instruments like violas and cellos. From raw materials to a fine instrument, each handmade violin, viola or cello needs to go through more than 100 complicated procedures and requires the refined skills and great patience of a luthier. After years of practice, Yu Haixu has long been familiar with these processes. "I hope the making crafts of the violin family can be passed on," said Yu, "I also hope that more people can enjoy playing a handmade one while being warmed and touched by its rich, resonate tone." (Xinhua/Yan

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-LUTHIER (CN)

(240111) -- SHENYANG, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yu Haixu makes a cello at his studio in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 9, 2024. Yu Haixu is a luthier working in Yingkou City of northeast China's Liaoning Province. Influenced by his father since childhood, he gradually grew attached to the sophisticated making crafts of the violin family and started working as a luthier after graduation from the university, majoring in the making of violins as well as other bowed instruments like violas and cellos. From raw materials to a fine instrument, each handmade violin, viola or cello needs to go through more than 100 complicated procedures and requires the refined skills and great patience of a luthier. After years of practice, Yu Haixu has long been familiar with these processes. "I hope the making crafts of the violin family can be passed on," said Yu, "I also hope that more people can enjoy playing a handmade one while being warmed and touched by its rich, resonate tone." (Xinhua/Yang Qi

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-LUTHIER (CN)

(240111) -- SHENYANG, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yu Haixu makes a violin at his studio in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 9, 2024. Yu Haixu is a luthier working in Yingkou City of northeast China's Liaoning Province. Influenced by his father since childhood, he gradually grew attached to the sophisticated making crafts of the violin family and started working as a luthier after graduation from the university, majoring in the making of violins as well as other bowed instruments like violas and cellos. From raw materials to a fine instrument, each handmade violin, viola or cello needs to go through more than 100 complicated procedures and requires the refined skills and great patience of a luthier. After years of practice, Yu Haixu has long been familiar with these processes. "I hope the making crafts of the violin family can be passed on," said Yu, "I also hope that more people can enjoy playing a handmade one while being warmed and touched by its rich, resonate tone." (Xinhua/Yang Q

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-LUTHIER (CN)

(240111) -- SHENYANG, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yu Haixu looks at violin blueprints at his studio in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 9, 2024. Yu Haixu is a luthier working in Yingkou City of northeast China's Liaoning Province. Influenced by his father since childhood, he gradually grew attached to the sophisticated making crafts of the violin family and started working as a luthier after graduation from the university, majoring in the making of violins as well as other bowed instruments like violas and cellos. From raw materials to a fine instrument, each handmade violin, viola or cello needs to go through more than 100 complicated procedures and requires the refined skills and great patience of a luthier. After years of practice, Yu Haixu has long been familiar with these processes. "I hope the making crafts of the violin family can be passed on," said Yu, "I also hope that more people can enjoy playing a handmade one while being warmed and touched by its rich, resonate tone." (X

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-LUTHIER (CN)

(240111) -- SHENYANG, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yu Haixu makes a violin at his studio in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 9, 2024. Yu Haixu is a luthier working in Yingkou City of northeast China's Liaoning Province. Influenced by his father since childhood, he gradually grew attached to the sophisticated making crafts of the violin family and started working as a luthier after graduation from the university, majoring in the making of violins as well as other bowed instruments like violas and cellos. From raw materials to a fine instrument, each handmade violin, viola or cello needs to go through more than 100 complicated procedures and requires the refined skills and great patience of a luthier. After years of practice, Yu Haixu has long been familiar with these processes. "I hope the making crafts of the violin family can be passed on," said Yu, "I also hope that more people can enjoy playing a handmade one while being warmed and touched by its rich, resonate tone." (Xinhua/Yang Q

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-LUTHIER (CN)

(240111) -- SHENYANG, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yu Haixu makes a violin at his studio in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 9, 2024. Yu Haixu is a luthier working in Yingkou City of northeast China's Liaoning Province. Influenced by his father since childhood, he gradually grew attached to the sophisticated making crafts of the violin family and started working as a luthier after graduation from the university, majoring in the making of violins as well as other bowed instruments like violas and cellos. From raw materials to a fine instrument, each handmade violin, viola or cello needs to go through more than 100 complicated procedures and requires the refined skills and great patience of a luthier. After years of practice, Yu Haixu has long been familiar with these processes. "I hope the making crafts of the violin family can be passed on," said Yu, "I also hope that more people can enjoy playing a handmade one while being warmed and touched by its rich, resonate tone." (Xinhua/Yang Q

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-LUTHIER (CN)

(240111) -- SHENYANG, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yu Haixu checks the painting on the surface of a violin at his studio in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Jan. 9, 2024. Yu Haixu is a luthier working in Yingkou City of northeast China's Liaoning Province. Influenced by his father since childhood, he gradually grew attached to the sophisticated making crafts of the violin family and started working as a luthier after graduation from the university, majoring in the making of violins as well as other bowed instruments like violas and cellos. From raw materials to a fine instrument, each handmade violin, viola or cello needs to go through more than 100 complicated procedures and requires the refined skills and great patience of a luthier. After years of practice, Yu Haixu has long been familiar with these processes. "I hope the making crafts of the violin family can be passed on," said Yu, "I also hope that more people can enjoy playing a handmade one while being warmed and touched by its rich

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N. Korea's all-girl Moranbong Band

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Members of North Korea's all-female Moranbong Band dance during a performance in Pyongyang in October 2013. The band consists of 18 women -- seven singers, a drummer and 10 others playing instruments such as electronic violins and cellos.

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N. Korea's all-girl Moranbong Band

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Members of North Korea's all-female Moranbong Band play electronic violins during a performance in Pyongyang in October 2013. The band consists of 18 women -- seven singers, a drummer and 10 others playing instruments such as electronic violins and cellos.

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N. Korea's all-girl Moranbong Band

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Members of North Korea's all-female Moranbong Band perform in Pyongyang in October 2013. The band consists of 18 women -- seven singers, a drummer and 10 others playing instruments such as electronic violins and cellos.

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Empress Michiko plays piano at Kusatsu int'l music workshop

Japanese Empress Michiko (C) looks to Wolfgang Boettcher (R), former concertmaster for cellos in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, as she start playing the piano during a workshop with foreign musicians at the Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy and Festival in the hot spring town of Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2016. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo