“Across Loula” media tour made its third stop in Qiemo county in south eastern margin of Tarim Basin on August 14. A special concert was held for the first time ever in the desert: Konghou concert.

Aydina Yasen plays a konghou in Beijing on Jan 23, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] URUMQI — This summer, 18-year-old Uygur girl Aydina Yasen was overjoyed to receive her admission letter to the konghou program ...

What is the most enchanting music in the world? For 15-year-old Gulzeper Muhtar in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, it is the sound of Konghou, an ancient plucked string instrument.

Aydina Yasen plays Konghou during a performance in Beijing, capital of China, on Jan. 23, 2024. [Xinhua] URUMQI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — This summer, 18-year-old Uygur girl Aydina Yasen was overjoyed to ...

Liang Pu was just another inquisitive teenager when she first heard about the konghou, an ancient multi-stringed, plucked instrument of the harp family. She was reading Kongque Dongnanfei (The Peacock ...

The konghou, the Chinese equivalent to the Western harp, will come under the spotlight at this year’s World Harp Congress. The Hongyun Konghou Ensemble, founded by Zhao Guangyun in 2004, will kick off ...

If Nathania Ko is awed by her instrument’s fabled history, she doesn’t show it. Nor is she overwhelmed by the responsibility of being Canada’s only professional konghou player, and one of only a ...

URUMQI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- This summer, 18-year-old Uygur girl Aydina Yasen was overjoyed to receive her admission letter to the Konghou program at a conservatory in northeast China, offering her the ...