In the afternoon of November 23, the award ceremony of the 2022 First Yangtze River Delta National Instrumental Music Creation Competition was held in Wuxi, Jiangsu, the "hometown of folk music".

The ceremony site reviewed the whole competition schedule. From competition to row making, from front to back, the talent and sincerity of folk musicians flowed in every note, gathering one flash of light.

Chinese folk music has a long history. These national instrumental music carry civilization, confirm history, and accompany the Chinese nation along the way. Folk music is rooted in China and contains the emotional code of the Chinese nation.

In order to inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture, promote the construction of excellent folk music teams in the Yangtze River Delta region, and improve the creation and performance of folk music works, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Anhui Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism jointly hosted the 2022 First Yangtze River Delta National Instrumental Music Works Creation Competition.

The competition is based on the competition of national instrumental music, based on the Yangtze River Delta, adhering to the creation concept of "taking the people as the center", inheriting Chinese culture in innovation, showing the style of the times, and making folk music better approach life. Nearly 200 works participated in the competition. After the preliminary and final contests, 29 original works finally came to the fore and were held in the final in Wuxi.

Erhu, pipa, zither, flute, xiao... On the scene of the final, the instrumental music competed, either mildly and tortuously, or freely and warmly, or quietly and elegantly. The contestants performed their carefully created folk music works on the scene, showing the oriental charm with the simple and profound freehand brushwork beauty of traditional folk music and the natural and simple vitality.

The competition invited national well-known industry experts to review, and finally selected 3 awards, 12 gold awards, 15 silver awards, and several excellent organization awards and special organization awards. The folk music ensemble "Where is the South of the Yangtze River" selected by the Wuxi Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, the instrumental ensemble "A total of voices" selected by the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, and the erhu solo "Qiantang River Capriccio" selected by the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism won the grand prize.

At the awarding ceremony, the organizer will issue certificates and medals to the award-winning works and affiliated units of the grand prize, gold prize, excellent organization prize and special organization prize.

The award ceremony was accompanied by a performance of benefiting the people. In Huimin's performance, the award-winning programs and other award-winning works such as "Drunk Flower Drum Village", "Drunk Orchid Pavilion Song" and "Spring Dance" were performed one by one. The folk music performance, which combines tradition and innovation, shows that the folk music artists of the new era polish the artistic quality with extreme ingenuity, refresh the traditional expression with personality creation, and interpret the conservative and innovative attitude of traditional folk music with the new voice of the times, which also brings a national music feast full of sincerity to the people.