Idiom story: The opening song of the concert is Shi Wanchun's "Festival Overture", which is based on the folk suona tune Ji Taoling and written as traditional music in the form of sonata, showing the festive atmosphere of universal celebration and jubilation. China's string plays a beautiful lyric melody, which complements the humor expressed by cello and bass.
Wu Lin, a young actress, won the applause of the audience with her beautiful solo "Three Lane of Plum Blossoms". Elegant music is a very old stringed instrument, and its timbre is recorded in ancient poems: "Kunshan jade is broken, Feng Huangming, the lotus weeps and laughs at Lan Xiang. The cold light melts in front of the twelve gates, and the twenty-three silk moves the purple emperor. " Elegant music was widely used in ancient court music and spread among the people, but it gradually disappeared in the late14th century. Even in China, few people have seen elegance. With this huge musical instrument, Wu Lin made the noble character of Meihua Aoshuang extraordinarily beautiful and moving. Some China students studying at St. Vincent Parroty High School in North Carolina were shocked by the beauty of China's ancient music. "In the past, we only saw beautiful patterns on murals and reliefs, but today we know that the music of the motherland is so moving and we are very proud."
Zhao Cong, a pipa player who won the gold medal in the national pipa competition, sang a song "Swan" with tears in her eyes. This piece of music has a subtitle "Dedicated to Honest People", and Zhao Cong integrated his unique understanding and application when playing this piece of music. In the interweaving of positive bounce and rebound jump, the color changes at will, from crouching and wandering, to gently shaking off the dew on the wings, and then to lead the neck to sing and fly high, and the beautiful swan is vividly displayed.
"The trans-Pacific cultural exchange between China and the United States is exemplary, reflecting the harmonious interaction between China culture and world culture." Zhang Xin, one of the sponsors of this activity and the president of Goldman Sachs Group in China, was deeply touched. Li Hong, Minister Counselor of the Cultural Office of the China Embassy in the United States, also commented: "Going out of China culture is an important channel for China to communicate with the world." "Crossing the Pacific Ocean" is a meaningful exchange activity, including a series of rich and varied cultural exchange projects between China and the United States. Its success benefits from the strong support of the Ministry of Culture. "