Malaysian student finds beauty in traditional Chinese instruments like the pipa


  • Living
  • Friday, 02 Oct 2020

Crystal (second from right) practising with some of the other Chinese orchestra members at the Hin Hua High School in Klang. Photos: The Star/K.K. Sham

Crystal Lim Xin Yin has always been captivated by the sight of someone playing the pipa, or Chinese lute.

It is no surprise then that the 17-year-old Hin Hua High School student from Klang, Selangor, has been learning the instrument for the past five years through the school’s Chinese orchestra society.

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