So I was walking in San Francisco’s Chinatown a couple of weeks ago, and came across this guy camped out near the entrance to Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral. As you can see, he’s playing an erhu—a Chinese two-string fiddle. (This gives you a pretty good idea of what it sounds like.)
Anyway, what moved me to take his picture wasn’t the erhu itself—it was Chinatown, after all—but the music: “Auld Lang Syne” followed by “Oh! Susanna.” For reals.
