On the streets of cities such as Paris and Lyon in France, pedestrians often stop for a Chinese girl. At first sight, she was dressed in Hanfu, tied up in a bun, playing beautiful music with a guzheng; Upon closer listening, not only traditional songs such as "Fishing Boat Sings Late" flowed out of her fingertips, but also adaptations of Chinese pop songs such as "Blue and White Porcelain". Surprisingly, foreign songs such as "Rolling in the Deep" also had a different flavor under the interpretation of this traditional Chinese instrument. The girl's name is Peng Jingxuan, and she is a post-95s international student studying in France from Huaihua, Hunan. On social media platforms, she is a blogger with a total fan base of over 20 million; In the world of music, she carried a guzheng to perform and explored her own path of cultural exchange. Peng Jingxuan started learning the guzheng at the age of 7 and graduated from Wuhan Conservatory of Music in 2017. She went to the Third University of Bordeaux in France to pursue a master's degree in music, where she heard flowing water and birds singing in the music. Bordeaux has a strong artistic atmosphere, and in his leisure time, Peng Jingxuan enjoys watching local artists perform on the streets. "There are many elements of street culture in France, and you can see people playing instruments such as violin and harp, as well as street dance and ballet performances," said Peng Jingxuan. After watching it a few times, Peng Jingxuan only wanted to have a guzheng on hand and immediately sit down and play a few songs. Peng Jingxuan performs the guzheng on the streets of Paris, France (photographed in March 2023). Xinhua News Agency announced the new semester of the next year, and Peng Jingxuan brought the guzheng from China, carefully selected the pieces, and began playing on the streets. Since then, in front of the historic Bordeaux Grand Theatre Square, a girl from the East dressed in Hanfu and wearing a veil appeared. She played the strings and the music flowed freely, sometimes crisp, sometimes rich, and sometimes melodious. "During the first performance, I didn't feel any audience because I lowered my head," Peng Jingxuan said. "And after I finished playing, I looked up and saw many audience members forming a large circle from afar, almost filling the square." "May I ask if you are a Chinese fairy?" A child asked Peng Jingxuan this question on site, which surprised her very much. "There were also elderly people who told me that they heard flowing water and bird singing in the song." The enthusiastic feedback gave Peng Jingxuan encouragement. She insists on performing street performances every 7-10 days, "Every street performance, I treat it as a 'national style show'," Peng Jingxuan said. In September 2018, Peng Jingxuan released the first video of playing the guzheng on the streets of France, documenting every moment of "romantic concretization" through video. In her videos, people can always see some small yet heartwarming details, which are the romance brought by music. During a performance, Peng Jingxuan discovered a foreign guy on a video call with his mother. "At that time, I didn't know what he was doing. After the performance, he slowly approached and showed it to his mother on the other end of the phone." Peng Jingxuan told them that the instrument was called the Guzheng, and he played it lightly for a short while. The mother of the young man on the other end of the phone was very happy. "Later, when I was watching the filming footage, I was still very moved," Peng Jingxuan said. Peng Jingxuan collaborates with cellist Felix for a performance in 2023
Edit：Yi Jing Responsible editor：Li Nian
Source：XinhuaNet
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