Can old people and young people share the same interest? For the Qian family living in Wuxi's Meicun in Jiangsu Province, it's the erhu, the traditional Chinese musical instrument that binds the four generations together.
Qian Fuji's love for the erhu dates back to his youth, when the now 90-year-old had a love for music but never had the opportunity to receive professional training. After he retired at the age of 57, he picked up an erhu and began to play. His son gradually warmed to the sound and melodies and started to play along.
The love of the erhu is now shared by four generations of the Qian family. All of them are amateur players and the youngest in the family is Qian Zhichen, who is 8 years old.
Meicun, a subdistrict of Wuxi, is celebrated as a hometown of the erhu. The place has been famous for the production of the musical instrument for hundreds of years. Meicun's erhu-making technique has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Jiangsu Province since 2011.