Khuuchir

The khuuchir is a bowed musical instrument of Mongolia.^[1]

The more popular of the hu'kin instruments, "erhu", which means "two" (of the hu'kin) in Chinese, referring to the two strings o fhe instrument. A four-stringed version is called the "si'khuu or sihu", with si (meaning four) replacing er (two). The erhu can be traced back to instruments introduced into China more than a thousand years ago. It is believed to have evolved from the xiqin. The xiqin is believed to have come from ancient nomadic Hu-people, specifically the Xí tribe of who lived at the borders of ancient Chinese kingdoms. The name huqin literally means "instrument of the Hu people", showing that the instrument may have originated from regions to the north, west or northeastern extremities of ancient China, generally inhabited by nomadic people on the extremities of past Chinese kingdoms.