At this moment, there are thousands of people in the audience and tens of millions of viewers across the internet in the live broadcast room.
I'm getting increasingly impatient to see this song and dance performance that brings together two genius creators.
Immediately.
The image of band member Gao Fei appeared on the large screens on both sides of the stage.
She held a bamboo flute lightly in her hands, the flute gleaming faintly with golden light under the stage lights.
Behind her, the scene on the stage also changed simultaneously.
At this moment, everyone seemed to be standing in a vast, desolate wilderness.
Not far behind, there are rolling mountains and flowing rivers, and lush, endless forests.
As the pretty Gao Fei placed the flute to her lips, a melodious flute tune quietly began to play.
The lively flute music was like the joyful chirping of birds at dawn.
Immediately following were the sounds of traditional Nanyin instruments such as the pipa, clappers, and erhu and sanxian.
It blended perfectly with Gao Fei's flute playing.
"What kind of music is this? I think this is the first time I've ever heard this kind of instrument played?"
Many audience members had the same question in mind when they saw the unusual types of instruments in the hands of the Little Red Flower Band members.
However, before all the audience members could recover from the sound of the special instrument being played...
Under the vigorous beating of drummer Zhang Heng.
A thunderous drumbeat suddenly resounded.
...
"The sky is the feather, the earth is the wing~"
"The sun and moon are my eyes, and my peripheral vision is the stars."
"Footprints are revealed within the universe~"
"Praying for wind in the heavens, flying eastward..."
After the drumbeats.
A unique choral song with a traditional and ancient folk singing style suddenly came from the choir on the stage.
Each member of the choir seemed like a singer sincerely praying for their hometown, their faces filled with piety as they began to sing.
If it weren't for the lyrics subtitles appearing floating in mid-air on the stage.
Most Chinese viewers couldn't even understand the lyrics.
However, people quickly realized what was happening.
This melody must have evolved from a tune in a certain regional dialect of China!
"Calling upon the Vermilion Bird and Luan Bird"
"Traversing thousands of miles of mountains and seas"
"Following the same path, like ospreys and swans"
"A carefree dream..."
After a Nanyin chorus ended.
Wang Yueheng, also dressed in a gorgeous Hanfu, appeared on stage.
Holding the microphone, he looked across the room and opened his mouth with a pure and melodious voice, like an echo in a valley, that resonated throughout the audience.
As the music started, Zhang Liping, who was a backup dancer, also began to move.
Her nimble hands seemed to transform into peacock wings, gently fluttering in the air.
Along with the melodious Nanyin music, it attracted the audience's attention.
Her eyes, adorned with blue eyeshadow, were focused and deep, like a peacock admiring its reflection on a lake.
Every turn and leap is like the flapping of wings of a hundred birds, revealing a natural and noble temperament.
Accompanied by the rhythmic sounds of the pipa strings played by the band members, the melodious chorus flowed gently.
The other dancers behind her were also jumping to the choreographed dance rhythm.
Between light and shadow.
All the dancers seemed to be a hundred birds in the forest, soaring together in a dreamlike, vast sky.
Soaring gracefully towards the ancient land of the East.
The twelve-year-old "Little Caiqi" stood to one side of Wang Yueheng.
Wearing a fiery red dress, she seemed to have transformed into the Vermilion Bird, one of the four mythical creatures of the ancient Chinese mythology.
She tilted her head slightly back, spread her arms, and spun rapidly in place.
Her dress fluttered in the breeze.
It truly seemed as if a young Vermilion Bird was following the flock of birds, straining to spread its wings and fly...
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Note: The original singer of "Birds Return to Their Nests" is Tan Weiwei; the lyrics are by Yu Jiang; and the music is by Liu Jianing.
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