Shows Benny Low (劉衍雄) playing Erhu in the meeting room of Gum Sing Musical Society. The Erhu (二胡) is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument which is known in the Western world as the "Chinese violin" or a "Chinese two-stringed fiddle". It is the most popular instrument in the Huqin family used by various ethnic groups in China.

In Collection:

• Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians

Creator

• Amos, Robert

Subject

• Low, Benny
• Gum Sing Musical Society (Victoria, B.C.)
• Er hu
• Operas, Chinese
• Operas

Identifier

• AMOS 84GSmusician1

Date created

• 2009

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Extent

• 1 colour photograph

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria--Chinatown
• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155
• 48.4294, -123.3679

Physical Repository

• Amos, Robert

Collection

• Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• color photographs
• photographs

Is referenced by

• Victoria's Chinatown Project Website: https://chinatown.library.uvic.ca/index.html

Date digitized

• 2012

Technical note

• Cataloguing metadata provided by MH. Migration metadata by MT.

Rights

• Copyright held by Robert Amos. Permission granted for use on Victoria’s Chinatown website only. For all other uses please contact the copyright holder. These images are provided with the consent of Robert Amos, and cannot be reproduced or copied without his permission.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/yd5e-vt32

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