After the host finished speaking, the stage was handed over to the Japanese team, who were already prepared.
Upon seeing the performers from the Japanese team about to put on their show, everyone—from the hundreds of thousands of spectators at the venue to those watching the live stream around the world—fell silent.
The contestants from the Sakura Country quickly took their positions, and once they were ready, the competition began.
"Thump!..." A sound that was both piercing and not piercing rang out first.
Then, gradually, the other contestants also began to play, their instruments filling the entire venue with music.
The music played in the cherry blossom country gradually began to take shape in the audience after about ten or twenty seconds.
The music conveys a message, something to be shown to the audience and the world.
As the contestants from the Sakura Country continued to perform, many people were already able to understand the general meaning of their music.
Many people were so moved by the music they were playing that they became immersed in it, feeling as if they were the protagonists of the music themselves.
Some listeners were so engrossed in the music that they were completely immersed in the world of music performed by the Sakura Country team.
Many people now feel like they are standing in front of a huge river.
On the other side of the river was their former home, the place where they grew up healthy.
Unfortunately, they are now separated from their former home by a raging river.
This raging river is what separated them from their homes, leaving them only able to gaze at each other from across the river.
Yet they could not embrace each other, nor could they set foot in their former hometown.
These are all songs performed by the Sakura Country team, bringing back memories for the listeners.
This piece of music truly evoked in many people the feeling of gazing at their hometown from across the river.
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Moreover, as the Sakura Country team continued to perform, the thoughts and memories of those immersed in their musical world were slowly changing.
Just now, they were simply listening to the music, feeling that they and their homeland could only gaze at each other from afar, unable to reach each other anywhere.
But soon, as the music continued to play and the notes kept coming, they changed.
Now, their feelings go beyond simply being unable to reach their homes.
Rather, they knew that even if they reached their homeland, crossed to the other side, and returned to the land they once knew, it would still be difficult to make a living.
Everything was different then, because everything they were once familiar with, everything that was once incredibly beautiful in their hearts.
It had long since changed beyond recognition, becoming dilapidated and a complete ruin.
Why did it turn out this way? The reason for this situation is entirely due to war.
They were forced to leave their homes because of war and chaos, and now they can only look at their hometown across the river.
Therefore, the piece played by the Sakura Country team at this moment not only evoked a deep sense of longing and reluctance in the audience who heard it.
More than anything, there is regret. Many people feel that everything that was once so beautiful, such a wonderful home, is now gone.
It was incredibly regrettable that it was destroyed because of the war.
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After hearing the music played by the Sakura Country team, Wang Qingge and the others shared the same feelings as most people.
Although Wang Qingge disliked them from the beginning for playing such music.
But when he heard this, he put it down, because in his opinion, at least the people of Japan were like that.
Their current piece of music simply evokes longing for home; their music is merely a message to others.
Their once beautiful homeland was lost because of the war.
As long as the songs from the land of cherry blossoms only evoke feelings of homesickness, they don't mention anything about war.
Wang Qingge was also very happy to appreciate and listen to it.
It wasn't just Wang Qingge who had this thought; Chen Xin and Han Zhixuan felt the same way.
When Han Zhixuan heard this, she couldn't help but say, "Hey! This piece from the Sakura Country is pretty good too."
"Although there's no way to compare them to ours, at least their piece is about missing home."
"There were no other elements of war, and there was nothing that wanted to express or praise war."
As soon as Han Zhixuan finished speaking, Chen Xin suddenly objected, for some reason.
"How do you know? How do you know that their piece of music doesn't involve anything about war?"
"Perhaps they haven't played the part about war and conflict yet."
As soon as Chen Xin finished speaking, her words came true.
The performance by the Japanese team was going very well, and audiences all over the world were enjoying it immensely.
However, the performance in the cherry blossom country suddenly changed its performance style without any warning.
One second they're playing music that makes you miss your hometown and home, and the next second they've changed to a completely different style.
The performance by the Sakura Country team suddenly changed, from making people miss this kind of music to becoming very impatient.
Their music now evokes not only impatience, but also anger and rage.
What was even more surprising was that, although the team from Japan changed their performance style all at once, no one felt uncomfortable.
Their change in style did not make people feel uncomfortable at all.
On the contrary, many audience members immediately became immersed in their performance.
Yes, that's right! Audiences who were immersed in the performance in Japan did not feel uncomfortable at all because of the change in style.
On the contrary, it makes those who are immersed in the music even more captivated and more drawn into the world expressed by the music.
Why did this happen? It was entirely because of the performance by the Japanese singers, which instantly filled those people with hatred.
Yes, that's right! The performance by the Sakura Country team initially evoked sympathy from the audience for the destruction of their homes.
After the audience has sympathized with them, they then let them know that their homes were destroyed because of war, and that their hometown was destroyed by humans.
How would you feel if you found out that your home had been destroyed?
Of course I'll hold a grudge against those people, and holding a grudge brings anger and hatred.
Once people are filled with anger and hatred, war is not far off.
This is the true meaning of the song "Sakura Country," otherwise the song would not make sense.
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