Ruan

The ruan is a Chinese musical instrument with a long history stretching back 2,000 years. The name comes from musician Ruan Xian, one of the legendary Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. It is similar to a banjo, with a fretted neck, circular body, and four strings, which up until the 20th century were made of silk. Distributed by TubeMogul.

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[XcesMusic]

Great playing! Love that sound of the Ruan

[GaladedridDamodred]

My surname is Nguyen and the Chinese character for it is the same as the Chinese character for "ruan".

[ComradeMagnum]

Everything from China has a stupidly long history, what a redundant staement

[lorelidaisybell]

My sons name is ruan!! ;-) from england!

[roflcopter10101]

why is youtube recommending this for me?

[Wowfcuk]

hahahahhahahhahahhaha

my name is ruan and im from brasil hahahaha :P

thts actualy true

[krysap]

Or russian balalajka :-)

[unexecos13]

yeap it does...suprisingly lol...common anchestry I suppose! Any historians around? Where it was first constructed? west or east china?

[SonSter89]

It looks more like the Greek "bouzouki"

[airuwe]

awesome playing! i ran a little yahoo group for the ruan but it never took off..