Su Chang's Guzheng performance in Three Lanes of Plum Blossom is from the guzheng ensemble album Chang Xiang Zheng Group.
Chang Xiang Zheng Group - Guzheng Ensemble Album was officially released by Beijing Global Audio & Video Publishing Co., LTD on June 21, 2022 (Summer Solstice).
Su Chang, associate professor of the Department of Folk Music of the Central Conservatory of Music, is a famous zither performer and the artistic director of Chang Xiang Zither Troupe. The Chang Xiang Zheng Troupe was planned and formed by Su Chang in 2017. The average age of members of the troupe is 18 years old, and the youngest member is 11 years old. It is composed of undergraduates from the Central Conservatory of Music and affiliated High School students. This album, led by teacher Su Chang and 14 students, gathered outstanding composers from all over the country and collected 14 pieces with different styles. It includes traditional music, modern music, transplanted and adapted Western music and original works of students. The Changxiang Zheng Group is committed to carrying forward traditional Chinese culture, showing the charm of the guzheng, and trying to make the Guzheng with a history of more than 2,000 years radiate new style in various forms.
Three Lanes of Plum Blossom adapted by Zhou Chenglong
This song first appeared in 1425 "Magic Secret Music", with clear and delicate overtones played the theme of the music, fresh, smooth and vivid, showing the plum blossom is not afraid of the cold, ling frost proud cold, transcendent temperament, praise literati noble character. Because the theme in the song repeatedly appeared three times, so it is called "three nong". This song was originally an ancient song, and this version was recreated in October 2017.