"This music should only be available in the sky, and people can hear it for several times." The musicians in Tang costumes played more than ten Tang Dynasty instruments, such as flute and panpipe. The gorgeous and dazzling mother of pearl and red sandalwood five stringed pipa was displayed in front of the audience, and the wonderful music spanning thousands of years was played in Nara, Japan.

In order to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, the Chinese Consulate General in Osaka and the Nara National Museum of Japan jointly planned and held a concert entitled "Tianping Yuefu · The Restoration of Music Instruments in Masakura Academy".

At the end of the performance, a number of Japanese audiences excitedly told the reporter, "I can feel that what I heard was the music more than 1000 years ago", "it was moving, it was amazing", "it was real Tang music, with distinctive Chinese characteristics, bright melody and tight rhythm."

"These ancient music scores and musical instruments are treasures of Chinese culture. As a professional musician, I have the responsibility to restore them so that the world can hear the music thousands of years ago," said Liu Hongjun, a Chinese musician who has lived in Japan for more than 40 years.

Liu Hongjun once studied symphony and national music with top Japanese musicians, and met the Tang Dynasty musical instruments such as mother of pearl, red sandalwood and five stringed pipa, which are the treasures of Nara's Zhengcangyuan Town Hall. He was determined to restore ancient musical instruments and decipher ancient music scores. After more than ten years of research, Liu Hongjun finally succeeded in restoring the first batch of ancient musical instruments and deciphering ancient music scores such as Dunhuang Pipa Score and Five String Pipa Score. He also found a number of high-level national instrument players in Japan, and set up the "Tianping Yuefu" orchestra to rehearse and perform in 1993.

"The silk strings of the five stringed pipa are made of silk, and there are only five timbres. The timbre is not as bright as the modern pipa, and the range is relatively narrow, but the timbre is more beautiful, which is exactly its charm." Shao Rong, a five stringed pipa player who joined the "Tianping Yuefu" in 1998, told reporters.

Speaking of the feeling of performing in the "Tianping Yuefu", the flute player Tsunai Gukawa said: "This is not a simple play to restore ancient instruments, but a musical exchange across thousands of years and different cultures."

Takashi Inoue, a senior Japanese documentary director and former distinguished professor of Tokyo University of the Arts, was busy with the performance. He said: "The instruments played by Tianping Yuefu came from the Tang Dynasty of China, and the performers of Tianping Yuefu came from Japan and China. This Nara performance reflects the cultural exchange and integration between China and Japan."

Xue Jian, Consul General of China in Osaka, said, "This is a performance that transcends time and space, and is also a highlight shared by China and Japan. Cultural exchanges are an important part of China Japan exchanges. Facing the future, China and Japan should make greater efforts in cultural exchanges to consolidate the spiritual value ties between the two peoples."