"Next, I would like to invite President Ding."

Ding Yongning, the president of the Central Guqin Society, who was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, stood up: "Cai Dashao, my repertoire is a three-person ensemble, and I need to borrow your piano for use." ”

"No problem." Although he was a little dissatisfied with President Ding's neglect, everyone was invited, what else could Cai Gaoyang say?

The Cai family is extremely wealthy, and the piano is naturally available on the spot. Soon the piano and chairs were arranged.

President Ding beckoned, and two male assistants came up below, one sitting by the piano and the other with an erhu. President Ding himself uses the guqin.

Professor Wu Wan frowned imperceptibly.

Yan Zixiu saw it, and knew in his heart that Professor Wu Wan, as a person of the literati qin genre, did not like the tricks of the artist qin genre.

Some people even insist on using the most traditional silk strings for the strings.

A pianist once said: "The use of metal strings is mainly for playing, and the guqin is used as a tool, of course, it is convenient to choose; I treat the guqin as a friend, and the silk strings are fragile, so if he is uncomfortable, I know it immediately. He believes that metal strings are modern products, lacking the elegant and far-reaching timbre of silk strings, and the changes in timbre when playing are not rich, so that emotions cannot be reflected through the sound of the qin, and the guqin naturally lacks "character".

Of course, people in the genre of the artist qin also think that the literati qin people are conservative, only care about entertaining themselves, and their self-psychological positioning is high, not close to the people, and not grounded.

For thousands of years, there has always been such an opposition between the two factions, but in fact, no one can do without the other.

After President Ding and others were ready, they played a song "New Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream".

The piano, guqin, and erhu have successively played a soothing and slightly sentimental melody, evoking people's experience of impermanence in life, and arousing the emotional resonance of everyone's internal and external hardships.

President Ding unfolded his voice and sang the lyrics: "Yesterday was like the flowing water, far away from me, and today I am so worried." Draw the knife to cut off the water and the water is more flowing, raise a glass to eliminate sorrow and sorrow, and the breeze of the Ming Dynasty is drifting. ”

"New Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream" is Mr. Huang An's masterpiece, and it is also the ending song of the TV series "Bao Qingtian".

Its words were recreated by Mr. Huang An based on Li Bai's "Xuanzhou Xie Huanlou Farewell School Shuyun" and Du Fu's "Beautiful Woman". "Xuanzhou Xie Huanlou Farewell School Shu Yun" wrote: "Those who abandon me cannot stay yesterday; Those who disturb my heart will have many troubles today. …… Draw the knife and cut off the water, the water is more flowing, and the glass is more sorrowful. Life is not satisfactory in the world, and the Ming Dynasty spreads flat boats. ”

In Du Fu's "Beauty", there is: "There is a beautiful woman in the peerless generation, living in the empty valley." …… But when you see the newcomer laughing, what if you hear the old person crying? The water in the mountain spring is clear, and the water in the mountain spring is turbid. ……”

This kind of re-creation is called concealment, and it is a very common literary device. For example, Su Dongpo likes to conceal the works of the ancients, and his works are often concealed by later generations.

President Ding sang while playing: "Only the newcomer laughs, and who hears the old man cry." The word love is so hard. Do you want to ask someone to understand, or pretend to be confused, knowing more and knowing less is difficult to be satisfied. seems to be a mandarin duck butterfly, an era that should not be, but who can get rid of the sorrow of the world. The world of flowers, mandarin ducks and butterflies, is already crazy in the world, why bother to go to the sky, it is better to sleep gently and ......"

With the three presidents playing and singing, everyone felt the thousands of turns of youth, elegance, time, and old dreams, as well as a kind of lingering poignancy and a mixture of letting go of freedom.

The so-called first hearing does not know the meaning of the song, and listening to it again is already a person in the song. Many people touched their feelings, reminisced like water, like singing years, and silently shed tears. Among them is the star Tian Hua, maybe he remembered the friend who played against him.

The lyrics and music of this song are like the elixir of the years, and the family, love, and friendship in it are endlessly evocative.

After President Ding and the others finished playing and singing, a more enthusiastic applause rang out.

No matter how much the literati qin looks down on the artist qin, it can't stop the charm of the artist qin.

……

The guqin appreciation and exchange meeting is coming to an end.

Cai Gaoyang had already planned at this time, and when the event was over, whether it was a high price or playing the emotional card, he had to get a heirloom guqin for Dr. Yan.

He stepped onto the podium and was about to announce the end of the event. Suddenly, President Ding said, "Mr. Cai, slow down! ”

"President Ding, ...... are you?"

Not only Cai Gaoyang, many people were stunned.

President Ding smiled: "That's the case. I see that Dr. Yan has a deep knowledge of the guqin, and everyone invited him to the guest of honor. Why don't you ask him to play a song for everyone, so that we can feast our ears? ”

Cai Gaoyang complained in his heart about President Ding, the event was about to be completed, why didn't he have anything to do? In case Yan Zixiu's level of playing the guqin is not as good as that of Professor Wu Wan and your President Ding, wouldn't it make the whole event become anticlimactic and end up in ruin?

President Dante's words belong to a conspiracy, and there is no way to deny and refuse. Yan Zixiu was indeed invited to the stage as the guest of honor.

The audience took a look at it, and it was interesting. This seems to be President Ding's dissatisfaction with Dr. Yan and his own equals, and he came up with his appearance.

Cai Gaoyang looked at Yan Zixiu helplessly, expecting him to say that he only knew how to appreciate the qin and not play the piano, and then he borrowed the donkey from the slope to announce the end of the event.

Yan Zixiu's idea is that he is willing to connect the wish of Medicine Buddha with everyone at the right opportunity, so that those who are destined can benefit: "Then it is better to be respectful than to obey fate." ”

Doctor Yan is going to play the guqin after two wonderful performances?

Mr. Huang, Boss Lin, Tian Hua, Gu Yingzhi, and Professor Wu Wan and other good people were all a little worried about him.

Like Cai Gaoyang, they are all afraid that Dr. Yan will continue to mink when the time comes, and the future will not be as good as before. If anyone cheers again, they will lose face at all.

"Brother Cai, please help me make a furnace of incense." Yan Zixiu's Qiankun ring has all the fragrance in it, but it is inconvenient to take it out here.

"No problem, I'll come in person." Seeing him so calm, Cai Gaoyang had a little confidence in his heart, and personally cleaned his hands and burned incense, without letting the servants do it for him.

Mr. Huang and others are more knowledgeable, and looking at Yan Zixiu's position, they know that there is about to be a more amazing show.

President Ding was slightly shocked when he saw him so solemn, but he immediately comforted himself, this young man was just pretending.

Of course, the audience was happy to listen to the song and applauded.

Yan Zixiu sat upright, cleared his mind, and then stroked the strings.

As the sound of the piano flowed, the curtains behind the large windows around the living room suddenly fluttered, and a warm incense breeze blew from outside. Everyone only felt that they were in a flower-filled prairie, the sky was so blue, and the clouds were so white. Birds and flowers are everywhere, and the fragrance is overflowing.

Everyone is resting on the grassland, or playing around, or communicating with each other, carefree and free.

……

I don't know how long it took, but everyone came back from the wonderful realm, and found themselves still sitting in the hall; Feel the body and mind again, and feel transparent inside and out, relaxed, clear mind, and happy mood.

"Oh, it's so comfortable."

"yes, it's been too long, too long since I've been this comfortable."

"What kind of music is this? How can there be such a miraculous effect? ”

"It doesn't feel like it's a piece of music in the world."

Suddenly, someone said in surprise: "The birdsong just now is not an auditory hallucination, it is not an image, there are really birds outside." ”

When everyone heard this, they saw that there were indeed many unknown beautiful birds on the windowsill of the hall. The birds were still singing in a low voice, as if they were not satisfied with their desire to leave.