Claim: The Banhu, used mainly in northern China, is from the Huqin family of bowed string instruments that uses a fiddle which was believed to have originated with the nomadic Hu people.
Evidence: It is used primarily in northern China. The banhu (, pinyin: bǎnhú) is a Chinese traditional bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. Huqin (Chinese: ; pinyin: húqin) is a family of bowed string instruments, more specifically, a spike fiddle popularly used in Chinese music. Huqin instruments are believed to have come from the nomadic Hu people, who lived on the extremities of ancient Chinese kingdoms, possibly descending from an instrument called the Xiqin (), originally played by the Mongolic Xi tribe.