But, through history, the arrow has also symbolized war, power, swiftness, the rays of the sun, knowledge... as well as deities such as the Greek god Apollo and goddess Artemis (both hunters), the Hindu weather god, Rudra; and various gods of sexual attraction: Eros (Greek), Cupid (Roman), Kama (Hindu)....
The sanxian is most popular in the north. Ruan ()- commonly referred to as Chinese guitar, is an ancient four-stringed moon-shaped lute with long and straight neck and various number of frets, dated back at least to Qin Daynasty (around 200 BC). Ruan is used to be called p'i-p'a (pipa) or qin-pipa.
Manufactured in China, it has 24 frets, 25.5 scale, Tune-O-Matic bridge with string-thru body, ESP/LTD always as been known for making guitars for metalheads and the F model is not an exception besides that it has a flamed top in black finish made agathis, the fretboard is made of rosewood and the neck is made of maple.