5000年前斯里兰卡有一位名叫瑞凡那的君主,把圆柱形的木头掏空制成了与我国二胡极为相似的乐器,被称为瑞凡那斯特隆(Ravanastron)。这种乐器后来就发展成了现今的小提琴;16世纪以后,小提琴越来越成熟,到了16世纪末叶,在意大利北方,优秀的小提琴制作作坊初具规模。小提琴传入中国是在清朝末年,从1920年代开始,世界著名小提琴大师先后到中国演出,鼓舞了许多热爱音乐的青年学生…… 5000 years ago in Sri Lanka there was a monarch named Ravana, hollowing out cylindrical wood to make a very similar instrument to our erhu, known as the Ravanastron. The instrument later developed into today’s violin; violin became more and more mature after the 16th century. By the end of the 16th century, excellent violin making workshop took shape in northern Italy. The violins were introduced to China in the late Qing Dynasty. Since the 1920s, the world famous violin masters have performed in China and inspired many young music lovers.