Just yesterday, "Music Afternoon Tea" invited Shanghai's excellent orchestra, the Xinyi National Chamber Orchestra, to the Expo to bring a special concert of "East West Tales". The orchestra performers presented several popular works with a special set of musical instruments.

The melodies of the Jiangnan folk songs "Purple Bamboo Melody" and "Jasmine Flowers" are melodious and melodious, making the news center at noon full of Jiangnan meaning of tenderness and water; The Suzhou Trip shows the beautiful scenery of the ancient city of Suzhou and the pleasure people feel when visiting.

When the music of "Play My Favorite Tupipa" sounded, the revolutionary optimism of the railway guerrillas came into being; The joy of the Yi Dance Music infected every reporter on the scene.

Interestingly, the orchestra also brought the Russian folk song "Black Eyes" and the folk music version "Spanish Style". Chinese national musical instruments show unique exotic customs, which is also an attempt of Chinese traditional culture to embrace the world.

The concert ended with the music of "The Full Moon and the Beautiful Flowers". The work presented the collision and communication between tradition and fashion, past and present, and between the East and the West. It seemed that the elements were opposed, but it was a different spark. This is China's cultural spirit of valuing harmony and advocating the middle way, which shows the great cultural style of China.

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It is worth mentioning that the musical instrument used in this performance is the "East West Story" musical instrument suit (zither, erhu, pipa, yueqin, flute, and Zhongruan) of the "Courtesy to East and West" series of Shanghai No. 1 National Instrument Factory Co., Ltd. in 2021.

After the concert, the "Music Afternoon Tea" art exhibition area also launched a special "Musical Instrument Exhibition", displaying the "East West Story" series of musical instruments and the stories behind them.

This series of musical instruments, based on the theme of "Iris" in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, picks up a bunch of luxuriant spring described by the impressionist master Van Gogh, and in harmony and beauty, the mood blooms heartily.

With the Cursive Script Shangyu Calligraphy collected in Shanghai Museum, the words "Today is in Shangyu" written by Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher, are played flexibly. The strokes are clear and vigorous, and the traditional foundation is sprayed with delicate talent. This series of musical instruments adopts lacquer painting technology to express, which not only contains oriental charm, but also has fashionable modern art atmosphere.