Daguangxian
Encyclopedia
The daguangxian is a Chinese
bowed two-stringed musical instrument in the huqin
family of instruments, held on the lap and played upright. It is used primarily in Taiwan
and Fujian
, among the Hakka
and Min Nan
peoples.
It is also referred to as datongxian (大筒弦), guangxian (广弦), and daguanxian (大管弦).
China
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bowed two-stringed musical instrument in the huqin
Huqin
Huqin is a family of bowed string instruments, more specifically, a spike fiddle popularly used in Chinese music. The instruments consist of a round, hexagonal, or octagonal sound box at the bottom with a neck attached that protrudes upwards...
family of instruments, held on the lap and played upright. It is used primarily in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
and Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
, among the Hakka
Hakka people
The Hakka , sometimes Hakka Han, are Han Chinese who speak the Hakka language and have links to the provincial areas of Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan and Fujian in China....
and Min Nan
Min Nan
The Southern Min languages, or Min Nan , are a family of Chinese languages spoken in southern Fujian, eastern Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, and southern Zhejiang provinces of China, and by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora....
peoples.
It is also referred to as datongxian (大筒弦), guangxian (广弦), and daguanxian (大管弦).