Their strings once made of twisted silk, Chinese stringed instruments the zither, or guqin, and erhu have a long history.

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Colourful fabrics for sale at a silk trader's stall in Xinjian Credit: Alamy Stock Photo To traverse the Silk Road is to follow the footsteps, horses’ hooves and camel trains of traders ...

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and the British Museum’s new show Silk Roads appears to be just that: an exploration of the ancient transnational trade route, bringing luxury fabrics from China to Central Asia, the Middle East ...

in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of instrument, and their history. Silk, a natural fibre, is as Chinese as paper, gunpowder and the compass and is most often ...