Dennis Hollingsworth

The Moon in the Night Sky

Passing through the big plaza at Gin Ling Way in Los Angeles' ChinaTown, I heard music and saw an old man practicing with his fiddle (I have been able to identify it as a Er Hu). The plaza is usually filled with older Chinese men, drinking coffee, smoking and rather energetically playing Go. I tossed a bill into his case and asked if I could take a movie as he played a song for me. It's not the best performance in the world, but it is a two and a half minute sample of life in the Chinese immigrant community of Los Angeles.

Not to upstage the gentleman, but here's a sample of music played on a Er Hu.