Shanghai Pudong Airport hosts Meicun erhu exhibition

An artist from Wuxi puts forward an erhu performance at Shanghai Pudong Airport on June 8. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Meicun, a city within the jurisdiction of Wuxi, held an erhu performance on June 8 at Shanghai Pudong Airport to formally launch an exhibition being hosted by the international transit hub to promote the charms of the two-stringed bowed musical instrument to travellers.

The performance included some classic pieces such as The Horse Race and Memories of The South offering a fitting background to the arrangement of instruments and erhu-related information that will be on display until the end of August.

One article that drew particular attention from passing passengers was a special edition erhu made by Wan Qixing, a prominent Wuxi craftsman, who was proud to introduce his work and that of the instrument more generally at the exhibition.