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2017-12-07 14:27 chinadaily.com.cn Editor:Li Yan
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Guang Hui carves the wood on part of a matouqin at his workshop in Hohhot, Nov. 30. (Photo/Xinhua)

The 38-year-old luthier Guang Hui has been making matouqins, a two-stringed instrument with a scroll carved like a horse’s head, for nearly 12 years and is proficient in the arts of carving, polishing and painting.

In 2006, Mongolian matouqin music was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage approved by the State Council.

"Matouqins are a proud Mongolian tradition and I want to promote them to future generations," Guang said.

A matouqin usually involves a variety of wooden materials including red sandalwood, maple wood, and spruce wood. It is a lengthy process to make one, including lineation, cutting, rough carving, elaborate carving, polishing, painting, buffing, waxing and assembling. Nowadays, machines can take care of many parts of the instrument-making process, however, manually-produced matouqins are still of higher quality.

While the machine is excellent, it can't replace the quality associated with manual work, added Guang.

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