On November 26, 1999, Zongxuan Shanchuan returned to Hangzhou to recognize his ancestors. In the misty rain, Huguo Temple played the famous shakuhachi song "Xu Duo". This is the first time Chinese people have heard this song in 750 years.

At that time, the monk who came with Shanchuan Zongxuan wanted to find a Chinese shakuhachi player and asked him to teach him the technique of playing shakuhachi. The receptionist in Hangzhou was at a loss because no one in Hangzhou could play shakuhachi at that time.
Shanchuan Zongxuan did not expect that shakuhachi has disappeared in China for hundreds of years.
That year, Song Dynasty lay Buddhist Zhang Can practiced at Renwang Temple in Huguo, Hangzhou. He would play this ancestral "Xu Duo" every morning. Whenever he played it, the Japanese monk Kuo Xin would listen to it quietly. .
The two hit it off very well, and then Zhang Can taught the shakuhachi skills to the monk Jue Xin.
In the second year of Song Baoyou, Monk Jue Xin returned to Japan with his shakuhachi making skills, and whenever he missed the East, Monk Jue Xin would play shakuhachi.
After Jue Xin passed away, Zhang Can's disciple Xuzhu wandered around Japan, built the Temple of Light and Darkness, opened the Niuwu Sect, and became the source of the six schools of Puhua.
Today, people all over the world who love the art of shakuhachi choose to study in Japan. No one knows that the hometown of shakuhachi is in China, and shakuhachi is a Chinese musical instrument.
As the last emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty threw himself into the sea to die for his country, the Mongols burned the Song Palace on the foothills of Phoenix Mountain to the flames, countless precious books were buried in the sea of fire, Huguo Renwang Temple was burned to ashes, and the monks died and fled.
Burning the qin and boiling the crane again and again, China has lost not only the skills of shakuhachi, but also the complete inheritance of Chinese traditional culture.
After learning about the desperate situation facing China's shakuhachi, Japanese shakuhachi performer Tetsuo Wada told the receptionist in Hangzhou that he wanted to stay in Hangzhou for a period of time, and he could teach shakuhachi to Chinese people who wanted to learn for free.
Professor Hetian Tetsuo's first piece is "Xu Duo", which has been extinct in China for 750 years. This piece of music created by Zhang Can's ancestors has finally returned to China.

At the same time, after Yamakawa Zongxuan returned to Japan, he found the famous Japanese shakuhachi player, Heihachiro Tsukamoto. After a long talk, Heihachiro also came to China. Speaking of which, he studied under the Mingan Temple and was regarded as Zhang Can's disciple and grandson. .
In the main hall of Huguo Temple, Heihachiro blew the "Void Bell", "Void" and "Wuhai Chi" left by the monk Xuzhu back then, which are the Dharma songs of the Ming and Anzong sects.
After that, he came to China every year to teach shakuhachi, and he paid all the expenses for the exchange by himself.
Many Chinese people say that he is famous for his reputation, but he has no good intentions. Tsukamoto Heihachiro said: "In the past, China was the teacher of Japan and taught the Japanese many things. Now we should return the courtesy. This is a courtesy exchange."
Heihachiro Tsukamoto always prayed devoutly in the main hall of Gokokuji Temple every time he finished teaching. In China, Heihachiro learned the circulatory breathing method under the tutelage of the old flute master Zhao Songting.
Four years after his teacher passed away, Tsukamoto Heihachiro came to Taiwan. He played shakuhachi again. Many of the pieces he played this time were secret pieces. He played it one by one, showing all the skills of shakuhachi. To the fullest.
This is the promise of Tsukamoto Heihachi to his mentor Zhao Songting four years ago: to bring Shakuhachi back to China.

In September 2019, the autumn was high and the air was crisp. In the former site of Deshou Palace in the Southern Song Dynasty, a young man blew the shakuhachi in his hand softly, and an ethereal and distant voice sounded in everyone's ears. His name was Liu Chang, a young ninety. Post-shakuhachi artist.
It is the attitude of Japan to teach shakuhachi skills to China, and it is the duty of the Chinese to learn and pass it on.
We can't keep indulging in the past and tell the world how many cultures we once had and how many musical instruments we have played. For example, musical instruments handed down from ancient times, such as shakuhachi, should not just be placed there as decorations for Chinese culture.
They are alive, to pick up, to learn, to pass on, those ancient musical instruments can maintain its vitality forever.