According to legend, The Three Alleys of Plum Blossom was originally a flute, written by Huan Yi, a general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Huan Yi "is good at music, ranking first in Jiangzuo. He has Cai Yong Curtis, and he often plays it himself. "Huan Yi was famous for playing the flute at that time. Wang Huizhi, the son of Wang Xizhi, has been admired for a long time, but he never had a chance to listen. On one occasion, Huizhi took a boat to Beijing, stopped on the boat, and happened to meet Huan Yi coming from the shore. So Huizhi asked Huan Yi to play, and Huan Yi also heard Wei's name, so he got off happily and played a song "Three Lane of Plum Blossoms". The flute was melodious, crisp and intense, and he left without saying a word. In the Ming Dynasty, some people thought that Yan Shigu adapted it into piano music in the Tang Dynasty, which has been passed down to this day.
According to the flute in the Jin Dynasty, that is, the modern flute, this adaptation may reflect the style of flute music in the Jin Dynasty to some extent. In the piano music harmony in Qing dynasty, this piece was adapted into the music score played by Qin Xiao. Zhu Mingquan's "Magic Secret Spectrum" dispels doubts: "Huanyi Xiao is a plum blossom tune, and later generations regard Qin as the three unique skills." The nobleness of plum blossom in Ao Shuang's works is an important theme in ancient and modern artistic creation, which is often used to describe people with noble moral integrity. The Ming Dynasty's "Yang Lun Boya Mind Method" records: "Plum is the clearest flower, harp is the clearest sound, and the clearest thing written by the clearest sound should have the charm of frost. The meaning of the three lanes takes the sound outside the three strings, and the same string is different from the cloud. " The complete repetition of three overtones is rarely used in Qin music. "So there are three stacks of sunshine everywhere and three rows of plum blossoms every night." (On Law).
There is also a story about three lanes of plum blossoms: Hong Hao, a patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, was imprisoned for more than ten years when he was on a mission to Jinlang. Facing the threat of the enemy, he was firm and unyielding, maintained his noble national integrity, and finally returned to the Southern Song Dynasty. On the eve of his departure, he wrote the words "Jiang Mei Yi Yin Jiang Mei", including "broken ileum, homesick". The phrase "rambling about the shade, leading three lanes, but not feeling the soul flying" shows that Hong Hao could not restrain his excitement when he learned that he would return to his hometown. He picked up the shade piano and played a song "Three Lane of Plum Blossom", using Ao Shuang and Ling Xue of Plum Blossom as metaphors for his persistence, and pinned his deep memory on the Southern Song Dynasty by recalling the plum blossoms in the south of the Yangtze River.
Fu Xuezhai, a modern pianist, plays "Three Lanes of Plum Blossom", which has a regular rhythm and is also suitable for ensemble, so the pianist calls it "New Plum Blossom". Guangling School is called "Old Plum Blossom" according to Jiaoan Qinpu. Its rhythm is free, ups and downs, showing the vigorous and straight temperament of plum blossom. Especially before the end of the song, the music suddenly changed from F to A, which was refreshing.
"Three Lane of Plum Blossoms" is still loved by people because of its distinctive musical image, unique artistic charm and elegant taste. Besides Guqin solo and Qin Xiao ensemble, its performance forms have also been adapted into piano solo, folk music ensemble, pipa solo, piano and chime.