Five hundred years ago, in Cremona, a small town next to Milan, Italy, luthiers made the world's first modern violin. Since then, it has become a mecca for violin makers around the world, as hundreds ...

Cui Fachen works on a violin at his home in Xingtai, North China's Hebei province on July 1, 2020. The 61-year-old farmer has been making violins for 36 years. [Photo/Xinhua] ZHENGZHOU -- Zhang ...