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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Great playing! Love that sound of the Ruan
XcesMusic 3 months ago
My surname is Nguyen and the Chinese character for it is the same as the Chinese character for "ruan".
GaladedridDamodred 6 months ago
Everything from China has a stupidly long history, what a redundant staement
ComradeMagnum 1 year ago
My sons name is ruan!! ;-) from england!
lorelidaisybell 2 years ago
why is youtube recommending this for me?
roflcopter10101 2 years ago
hahahahhahahhahahhaha
my name is ruan and im from brasil hahahaha :P
thts actualy true
Wowfcuk 3 years ago
Or russian balalajka :-)
krysap 4 years ago
yeap it does...suprisingly lol...common anchestry I suppose! Any historians around? Where it was first constructed? west or east china?
unexecos13 4 years ago
It looks more like the Greek "bouzouki"
SonSter89 4 years ago
awesome playing! i ran a little yahoo group for the ruan but it never took off..
airuwe 4 years ago