Add a melodic touch to your day with two marvelous Chinese instruments featured in the Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra. The two-string erhu, often known as the “Chinese violin,” can express various emotions and sound effects with ease through its free range of vibratos and slides. The pipa, the most difficult to master among ancient Chinese instruments, receives its unique name from its two basic plucking techniques—pí, meaning striking outwards, and pá, meaning strumming inwards.