Sattar’s voice gradually faded.
The immersive imagery began to disappear.
It was like a scene from a film or television drama.
Accompanying the sound of the city gates closing in the background, Liu Qingxue played the zheng. Its clear notes, along with the drums, pulled the audience from the northwestern frontier back to the Central Plains. The piece had entered its second phase!
A faint smile graced Liu Qingxue’s beautiful face as her slender fingers moved across the strings, both swift and incredibly gentle. As China’s foremost zheng master, Liu Qingxue’s performance was flawless, her imagery no less captivating than Su Yu’s.
The zheng, the queen of national instruments!
Its sound, like flowing water, once again unfurled a grand and exquisite scroll!
The prosperous Central Plains.
The myriad of lights in households.
The incredibly lively streets.
Coupled with the powerful drumbeats, the vast landscape of the Central Plains was revealed in its entirety!
The melody flowed.
The young swordsman wandering the martial world!
From ancient towers, cobblestone streets, and the starry night sky illuminated by lanterns, to the Imperial Hall, where the people were water and the ruler was the boat, a powerful and prosperous era was depicted!
“This is incredible! I never imagined that a purely instrumental piece without lyrics could create such strong imagery!”
“Following ‘Shui Long Yin’, Ting Yu has released another unbeatable piece of traditional Chinese instrumental music!”
“Compared to the zheng, I prefer the sound of the Sattar in the earlier part, it’s so beautiful!”
“Don’t just talk about yourselves, as a member of an ethnic minority, this is the first time I’ve heard such beautiful Sattar playing!”
“To make people feel like they’re there just with the sound of instruments, this is the romance of the Chinese people!”
“Foreigners simply don’t understand our national instruments or our culture. This piece is Ting Yu’s New Year gift to the Chinese people, it belongs only to us!”
“‘Jiu Zhou Tong’—the Northwest and Central Plains have appeared, where will it be next?”
The audience, lost in the music, was overcome with excitement!
Ting Yu’s understanding of traditional Chinese culture and regional characteristics was terrifyingly deep, to be able to sketch such vivid imagery with instruments and melodies!
Using the Sattar to depict the Northwest and the zheng for the Central Plains.
Ting Yu’s knowledge of national instruments and traditional regional culture was simply breathtaking!
As everyone marveled,
Another spotlight fell!
The camera instantly switched!
Focusing on Xiao Yifeng!
He held his dizi, ready.
As the music reached a crescendo, he took a deep breath, and the dizi’s melodious tune suddenly began!
With the sound of the dizi, breathtaking landscapes flooded the audience’s minds!
Mountain villages, wisps of smoke, pavilions, rippling water.
The gentleness of the Jiangnan water towns, intertwined with cultural ambiance, like ink wash paintings brought to life with color.
The blend of strength and softness allowed everyone to experience the exquisite beauty of Jiangnan!
“I miss home…”
“This is amazing, Ting Yu is truly amazing!”
“As soon as the dizi started, tears streamed down my face. This is the magic of music!”
“To be able to imbue music with such imagery, there are very few people like that in all of China!”
“Be bolder, Ting Yu has reached the pinnacle on Planet Blue!”
Although the audience had high expectations for Ting Yu’s new work,
No one had anticipated he would reach such heights!
Through melodies and instruments, he had showcased the vast landscape of their homeland, and even the cultural ambiance was perfectly integrated, all expressed through the music!
As everyone was deeply moved,
Ting Yu’s Sattar subtly rejoined the ensemble.
All transitions were incredibly smooth!
The Sattar, zheng, dizi, and drums, played in harmony, evoked not just regional characteristics or customs, but encompassed the entire land of China.
The vast and boundless land of China!
Thousands of years of heritage, echoing through eternity!
The interplay of instruments, combined with the shifting camera focus between the performers, heightened the atmosphere to its peak!
“The suona hasn’t appeared yet!”
Someone spoke out.
Wu Miao, standing further away from Ting Yu, was quietly in place. His spotlight had not yet lit up, but it filled everyone with anticipation!
The bright and husky sound of the Sattar depicted the leisurely life of the nomadic people of the Western Regions.
The zheng, crisp, like a thousand household lights or a sky full of stars, and the majestic drums depicted a powerful era that dwarfed mountains.
The melodious dizi combined the scenery of China’s garrisons with the customs of the Jiangnan water towns, sketching the gentle beauty of Jiangnan.
So,
What about the suona?
At this very moment!
The spotlight above Wu Miao’s head suddenly shone down!
The camera switched!
He took a deep breath.
The sound of the suona rang out!
A thrilling sensation swept through the entire venue with the suona’s melody!
Everyone had thought the harmony of the four instruments was the peak, but when the suona, known as the king of instruments, sounded, its piercing timbre resonated with everyone’s ears, pushing the entire piece to another summit!
At this moment,
The depicted lands of the Nine Provinces appeared one by one like slides, and then, as if drawn by some unseen force, these scenes slowly converged.
With unstoppable momentum, they combined to form a magnificent panorama of China’s vast landscape!
“Damn, why am I crying!”
“Is this Jiu Zhou Tong? Is this Ting Yu’s new work?”
“This piece represents the land of China so wonderfully; just listening to it makes my heart surge with emotion!”
“Ting Yu, with a few ethnic instruments, has ignited the Chinese blood within us. Foreigners simply cannot feel this!”
“Amidst the emotion, there is deep pride. Ting Yu has always been spreading Chinese culture, and his current status is well-deserved!”
“Brothers, this is the first performance tonight that has brought tears to my eyes!”
The audience was so excited that they applauded continuously. If not for the noisy cheers at the Spring Festival Gala, they might have jumped up to express their excitement!
Ting Yu’s ‘Jiu Zhou Tong’ completely ignited everyone’s national pride, a pride buried deep within the hearts of all Chinese people!
Thousands of years of accumulated culture, from the profound and desolate, the prosperous and open, to that period of national humiliation, and finally, the soaring flight of the Chinese dragon, with all ethnic instruments led by the suona, played in unison for the great harmony of China!
The prosperity of China’s five thousand years, as if unfolding before their eyes!
Inspiring heroism and stirring emotions!
At this moment, some audience members had red eyes from excitement, and the older generation who had lived through the war of resistance were already in tears.
This was the power of music, the power of Chinese national instruments!
In the sound of the instruments, they saw a magnificent era of peace and prosperity, a surge of heroism within their hearts. How fortunate it was to be born in China!
A prosperous era of the Nine Provinces, China Shines Bright!!
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ps: It is strongly recommended to watch this accompanied by music.