Hong Kong erhu craftsman spent decade learning to made perfect traditional Chinese instruments

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Tong Man-hak is a carpenter who learned the hard way how to make traditional Chinese two-stringed instruments known as erhu. The 76-year-old, who now lives in Hong Kong, was born in China’s southern Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region during the second Sino-Japanese war and in the 1980s moved to Hong Kong to reunite with his mother.
Tong first made his own erhu when he was in his 60s, after losing his instrument in a railway station during a trip to the Chinese mainland. Without no chance to learn from others, he spent a decade teaching himself until he figured out how to make a perfect erhu.
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This guy is a absolute legend

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This guy should be proud of himself

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@Mohan Sandal Dude have some common sense, I'm only complementing him because he has an actual talent unlike you.

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Very talented ✨

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Inspiring and encouraging, thanks

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Would love to get 1 of his builds

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I wish I had more musical talent

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Qual os preços do seu estrumentos , erhu?

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anybody knows title of the instrumental song?

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Me: trying to not read the subtitles cause I know the language but can’t- But by typing this I don’t see the subtitles 😂😂

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i also play erhu ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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Tong Man Hak What you Never Exit of your home?

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Make

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....a decade learning to *make....(yikes)

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