It's an honor, in fact, we have long wanted to visit our uncles and aunts. Shen Long happily agreed to the appointment and was able to visit each other's homes, which showed that the relationship between them was one step closer; Moreover, Yo-Yo Ma's father Ma Xiaojun and mother Lu Yawen are both seniors in the Chinese music industry, and when Wang Qiming and Guo Yan were studying at the Conservatory of Music, many teachers were their disciples, and from this point of view, they should indeed visit the United States.

After going back and carefully preparing the gifts, the two went to visit Ma's family together and met Yo-Yo Ma's family, Yo-Yo Ma's parents, Yo-Yo Ma's wife Jill Harnol, Yo-Yo Ma's sister Yo-Yo Ma, and her husband Mike Dadp.

Ma Xiaojun is over 70 years old this year, and his body is still healthy, and he is very happy to see Shen Long and Guo Yan, "I originally thought that China's traditional culture had declined in the mainland, and there were only dots scattered in Xiangjiang, Baodao, and even Japan, but I didn't expect that there are also young people in China who are well versed in the essence of traditional Chinese music, and your two tunes are very good." ”

"Thank you uncle for your compliment, but I don't agree with your view that traditional Chinese culture has declined on the mainland, and I don't think that Xiangjiang and Baodao are the essence of Japan's inheritance of traditional Chinese culture." It stands to reason that he shouldn't say anything that makes him unhappy in front of the old man, but after hearing this, Shen Long disagrees.

"Oh, I want to hear about it." The old man is so old, but he will not be easy to get angry, and his face is still the same expression, but the corners of his eyes show a hint of disapproval.

"I think that the essence of traditional Chinese culture lies in the word China, and only the central country can give birth to that kind of thick cultural foundation, so the inheritors of traditional Chinese culture can only appear in the mainland." Shen Long said categorically, "Perhaps due to the chaos of the past few decades, traditional Chinese culture has been affected to a certain extent, and some masters who have attained profound knowledge in traditional culture are living in Xiangjiang, Baodao and even overseas, but they cannot inherit the essence of traditional Chinese culture at all." ”

"If you want to inherit the traditional Chinese culture, you must have the bearing of the central country, obviously, whether it is a small treasure island or a crowded Xiangjiang River, it cannot give birth to this kind of bearing; They may be able to experience the sense of drifting of 'the willow bank and the wind and the waning moon', but they will never be able to comprehend the majesty of 'the water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky and flows to the sea and never returns'! ”

They may be able to comprehend the nobility and elegance of "Three Alleys of Plum Blossoms", but they will never be able to comprehend the tranquility and longevity of "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night"; They may understand the elegance and softness of the cheongsam, but they will never understand the magnificence and beauty of the hanfu......"

Seeing the Yellow River only in pictures is absolutely different from the experience of living on the banks of the Yellow River for a long time; I have only seen the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River on TV, which is not the same as living in the water towns; Without the mentality of a great power, it is impossible to comprehend the meaning of the gorgeous costumes of the Tang and Han dynasties.

In the future, whether it is piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, clothing and clothing, music and literature...... It is not without roots that Baodao and Xiangjiang have been beaten by the mainland, and the culture that can be bred by the inheritance of 5,000 years of civilization and the vast land of nearly 10 million square kilometers is definitely not inherited by a small island and a port, because in their bones, they are full of lack of self-confidence, and they cannot understand what the bearing of a great country is, and in such a situation, how can they become the inheritors of traditional Chinese culture?

Shen Long's answer surprised Ma Xiaojun, since the Opium War, the European and American powers used cannons and huge ships to shatter the pride of Chinese civilization, and it was the first time in so many years that he had seen a young man who was so proud of China and so full of confidence.

"Uncle, maybe the elders of your generation who came out of the mainland still have a trace of great power bearing in their hearts, but you can't pass on this kind of bearing to your younger generations...... Even if you can teach your children Chinese and let them read those classics of their predecessors, they will never be able to comprehend the profound connotations of those classics after leaving the mainland. "Those are just the skin, the bearing of the central country is the foundation, the vast and majestic thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are the foundation, and the long history is the bloodline.

Ma Xiaojun opened his mouth and did not speak for a long time, over the years he has not forgotten to teach Ma Yo-you and Ma Yo-you siblings Chinese, teaching them the essence of traditional Chinese music, but the way of thinking and lifestyle of these two children are closer to the West, he can't even teach his own children well, and he dares to hope that traditional Chinese culture will develop overseas.

And the scene on the treasure island, can he not know? He also lived on Treasure Island for a period of time, serving as a professor and head of the Department of Musicology at the Chinese Cultural Academy. But in those children who studied traditional Chinese music, he did see the problem that the young man in front of him was talking about.

They are familiar with the scores, and the performance techniques are very smooth, but many of the pieces just can't play that taste, the impassioned "Ambush on All Sides", the homesickness of "Hu Ji Eighteen Beats", these are fashionable and can be heard by the old artists of his generation, while the young people's performances are always lacking a bit of charm, and these charms are the essence.

"It is true that the turmoil in the past years has had a certain impact on traditional culture, and soon after the opening of the mainland a few years ago, it has caused questions about its own history and culture and a crazy yearning for the West; But in my opinion, this is only temporary, and after twenty or thirty years, we will understand those things in the West, and the economy will go up, and the development of traditional culture will naturally flourish. "Nowadays, young people wearing Hanfu on the streets, more and more high-end Chinese buildings, and people's more and more firm self-confidence in a big country are all proofs?

"If it weren't for those two tunes of yours, I would just think you were talking nonsense, but I can hear something from those two tunes." Ma Xiaojun finally spoke, at least he felt that the young generation of musicians in Baodao and Xiangjiang could not write the loneliness and distance in "Silk Road".

This can only be written by people who have personally been to the Northwest Desert and seen the relics of the Silk Road, and this is exactly what the young people of Baodao and Xiangjiang cannot do, and this is not just a matter of looking at the flowers and flowers.

"Youyou, if you have time in the future, you must go back to take a look, you can't experience the essence of traditional Chinese music if you haven't seen the great rivers and mountains of the motherland." Ma Xiaojun said to Yo-Yo Ma that he was moved by Shen Long's generous statement.

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