Konghou in China
中国的箜篌
Konghou, an ancient stringed instrument, originated in Mesopotamia. In China，konghou was first produced in the Western Han Dynasty in the form of a bowshaped instrument after an ancient Chinese model. According to both Shi Ji (Records of the Historian) and Han Shu (History of the Han Dynasty)，the Han Emperor Wudi ordered Hou Diao, a musician，to make konghou as an instrument to be used at a ceremony marking the conquest of Nanyue (Viet Nam). The instrument made by Hou Diao was named konghou，because such an instrument had been used by the aristocracy of the Kong State (Cambodia). It was believed that this instrument was first introduced to China via India probably deriving its horizontal bowshaped structure from a Mesopotamian model.
箜篌，一种古老的弦乐器，起源于美索不达米亚。在中国，箜篌最早是在西汉时期产生，古老的中国模式之后以弓形的形式出现。根据史记（史记）和汉书（汉代的历史），汉武帝下令侯雕，音乐家，使用箜篌作为一种乐器使用在庆祝征服南岳（越南）仪式上。侯雕制造的这种乐器被命名为箜篌，因为这种乐器已使用在柬埔寨贵族中。有人认为，这种仪器首次引入中国可能是通过印度，从美索不达米亚的原始模型变为弓形结构。
。