◎Raoyang Musical Instruments

Raoyang County is one of the host counties of the Third Hengshui Tourism Industry Development Conference.It has the largest production base of national musical instruments in northern China.Its products cover more than 300 varieties of plucking,stringing and striking musical instruments.It is not only a national erhu scientific research and production base,and Research and Development Center of Yangqin in China,but also the “Hometown of Chinese National Musical Instruments” named by the China Musical Instrument Association.In recent years,Raoyang has focused on promoting the inheritance and development of its folk music culture,and also on work innovation,talent exploration,universal education and cultural communication,attracting relevant industries and enterprises to settle down,promoting the brand of “the origin of poetry,the land of rites and music,the old revolutionary base area,and green Raoyang.” In 2019,Raoyang selected five primary and secondary schools to carry out the popularization education of folk music with erhu as pilot schools.While inheriting and carrying forward the traditional culture,Raoyang has created a new “business card” of the urban culture.(https://www.daowen.com)